Coromandel Sea ChangeIn Rumer Godden's Coromandel Sea Change Blaise and Mary arrive at Patna Hall, a hotel on India’s shimmering Coromandel coast, to spend part of their honeymoon. Patna Hall is as beautiful and timeless as India itself, ruled over firmly and wise by proprietor Auntie Sanni. For Mary it feels strangely like home. |
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Auntie Sanni beach Birdie Blaise Blaise’s blue Browne Bumble bungalow called can’t Colonel McIndoe colours cried dhashan dining room dinner donkey Dr Coomaraswamy Dr Lovat dress elephant eyes face garlands Ghandara girl gone Greengage Summer grove guests hair hand Hannah Indian Jobara Kanu knew koftas Konak Krishnan Bhanj Kuku Kuku’s Lady Fisher laughed looked lorry Mary’s Memsahib Menzies Miss Baba Miss Sanni morning never night Olga Ootacamund Padmina Retty Party’s Patna Hall ponies Professor Aaron Professor Webster Root and Flower Rory round Rumer Godden rupees Sahib Samuel sand sari Schlumberger seemed Shantipur Sharma Sir John sleep Slippers smiled sound squirrel Srinivasan stood Subhan swim talk Telegu tell Thambi There’s thought Mary told Mary tonight took trees verandah village Vishnu voice walked watch waves whispered women wouldn’t young