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CHAPTER VII TRIXIE
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It was sixteen years since the night of the ball in India when Mrs. Greaves had twisted her ankle, and had sat on the dais with the wife of a senior civilian1 discussing the unfortunate domestic affairs of Captain and Mrs. Coventry.
Now Mrs. Greaves's husband was a retired2 colonel, and they were living comfortably, if dully, within their means in a convenient suburb of London, engrossed3 in the careers of their boys, content with their surroundings, with their well-built villa4, their well-trained maids, their patch of garden and their neighbours--mostly staunch old Indian friends.
Until lately Mrs. Munro, now for years a widow, had been one of these neighbours, living quietly with Trixie her daughter at the end of the Greaves's road in a little house called "Almorah." Hereabouts many of the houses bore names reminiscent of India--rather pathetic links with a past that some of the occupants frequently glorified5 into "happier days," forgetting as frequently how
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they had pined for an English home while living in exile. More or less unconsciously the little colony of "old Indians" preserved among themselves various propensities6 acquired during their service abroad. For example, they bought each others' furniture, borrowed and loaned belongings7 with ready good nature, paid informal visits chiefly in the mornings, quarrelled sometimes about nothing, and were inclined to be exclusive outside their own circle.
They were all very happy and comfortable in spite of past glories, whether real or imagined, and when Trixie Munro grew up and clamoured for change, her godmother, Marion Greaves ("Gommie," as Trixie had called her ever since she could talk), urged Ellen Munro to let well alone and stay where she was--to pay no attention to Trixie's ridiculous hankerings after a London flat.
"You can't afford the move, my dear," she had said with truth, "and the sooner Trixie learns that other things matter besides her own
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