Khetwadi castle, sequel to "Pork and mustard." volII . t seclusion during thewhole term of her stay vv^ith us. Mrs. Nanabhoy was a dear, little Parsee woman,who came into the Hospital for the purpose ofan operation; and who became so much attachedto us all, and enjoyed herself so weU, that sheremained long after complete recovery. Herhusband was a vv^ealthy, weU-educated Parsee,reading and writing the English language, andspeaking it fluently. He seemed anxious thathis pretty little wife should gain similar ac-complishments; while she, on her part, took achild-like delight in learning to sit u
Khetwadi castle, sequel to "Pork and mustard." volII . t seclusion during thewhole term of her stay vv^ith us. Mrs. Nanabhoy was a dear, little Parsee woman,who came into the Hospital for the purpose ofan operation; and who became so much attachedto us all, and enjoyed herself so weU, that sheremained long after complete recovery. Herhusband was a vv^ealthy, weU-educated Parsee,reading and writing the English language, andspeaking it fluently. He seemed anxious thathis pretty little wife should gain similar ac-complishments; while she, on her part, took achild-like delight in learning to sit upon a chairat the dining table, to use her knife and fork ineating, to converse in the Eoglish language,etc. Indeed, the nurses assured me that sheprotracted her stay with us for the express pur-pose of learning English; and familiarizing her-self with European manners and customs. Shewas a bright, sunshiny, happy-minded, affec-tionate creature, and endeared herself to every- ilj ? 11^ ^1 1 m BK i ? ; -^ ? i,.^^* vW 9k^ :.:* m i 1 ^ ^^?^ .;^. PATIENTS OF KHETWADI CASTLE HOSTITAL 263 body in the institution. Her portrait scarcelydoes her justice, though that of her husband isexcellent. (Mrs.) Maneekbai Munchershaw Mody and heraunt were also wealthy Parsee ladies, who wereadmitted to the wards of our Khetwadi CastleHospital for the purpose of surgical operations;and who proved to be most agreeable and delight-ful inmates of our Castle home. (Mrs.) Zehaira Beebee Tyabjee and her sister-in-law, (Mrs.) Zubedah Beebee Ah Akbar, weretwo very pretty and attractive young Moham-medan women; the daughters of two of thewealthiest Mohammedan men in Bombay. Theywere, each in turn, occupants of one of our pri-vate Hospital wards for a considerable made a perfect recovery, and left us re-luctantly, having won the esteem and affectionof us all. (Mrs.) Shewantibai Trimbuck Canaran is awell-known native, Christian lady of parents were Brahmins, but became Chris-tians ina
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