Mrs Elsie Roberts (nee MacGowan) had been quite a beauty in her twenties and thirties; one of those fair Anglo-Indians who passed for European until their accents gave them away. Elsie, it was said, did her best to remain fair, staying out of the sun as much as possible. In her later years, she was seldom seen during the day, but by then she had lost her looks and taken to drink; she slept by day and lived by night. Snipped from a write-up by Ruskin Bond >From Tehelka Magazine, Vol 6, Issue 1, Dated Jan 10, 2009 http://www.tehelka.com/story_main41.asp?filename=hub100109mrs_robert.asp ---- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar

Sad article! Sandra Carney USA -----Original Message----- From: india-british-raj-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:india-british-raj-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 2:20 AM To: india-british-raj@rootsweb.com Subject: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Ruskin Bond on Mrs Roberts of Mussoorie Mrs Elsie Roberts (nee MacGowan) had been quite a beauty in her twenties and thirties; one of those fair Anglo-Indians who passed for European until their accents gave them away. Elsie, it was said, did her best to remain fair, staying out of the sun as much as possible. In her later years, she was seldom seen during the day, but by then she had lost her looks and taken to drink; she slept by day and lived by night. Snipped from a write-up by Ruskin Bond >From Tehelka Magazine, Vol 6, Issue 1, Dated Jan 10, 2009 http://www.tehelka.com/story_main41.asp?filename=hub100109mrs_robert.asp ---- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message