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Sylvia, an intelligent woman, stretched herself out indecisively in a canvas chair, and wondered why the Acting Governor had invited her to the launch picnic. The dullest possible wives of colonial civil servants could be invited to launch picnics—as the Acting Governor obviously understood, having...

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Published in:	The Road p. 5
Main Author:	Austin Coates
Format:	Book Chapter
Language:	English
Published:	Hong Kong University Press, HKU 01-07-2009
Subjects:	Alcohol drinking Anatomy Applied arts Applied sciences Architectural elements Architecture Armed conflict Arts Behavioral sciences Biological sciences Biology Communications technology Engineering Ferries Food Food science Foodstuffs Government Government officials Hair Human behavior Human geography Human populations Integumentary system Interior spaces Judges Judicial officers Magistrates Men Merchant vessels Metropolitan areas Military science Passenger ships Persons Political geography Political science Population studies Porches Recreational drug use Rooms Ships Social sciences Technology Telecommunications equipment Telephones Transportation Vegetables Vehicles Verandas Villages War Watercraft
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Summary:	Sylvia, an intelligent woman, stretched herself out indecisively in a canvas chair, and wondered why the Acting Governor had invited her to the launch picnic. The dullest possible wives of colonial civil servants could be invited to launch picnics—as the Acting Governor obviously understood, having included Mrs. Webb, the wife of the Deputy Director of Public Works. A launch picnic was one of those occasions on which one could dispose of the otherwise unentertainable. There were diversions. It might be rough, in which case one could discuss stomachs and medicines. Someone might fall down one of the inconveniently placed
ISBN:	9622090788 9789622090781