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THE MUSH REGISTER
Charles Gibson
Following Partition, her family left Lahore for Chennai. Passengers in the train previous to the one she travelled by were all slaughtered. She joined Christ Church (on Mount Road) where I studied. Senior to her, I joined the Government College of Arts and Crafts while she was still at school. So, I would go to my old school after college hours and wait for her at the gate. I had an unlikely rival. Smitten with her, one of her masters asked for Hyacinth's hand. Her brother politely said, "She's just a child." She was embarrassed by the attention from this man, old enough to be her father. He was 40 and she, 16. Before leaving the city for a better job, he promised her, "I'll wait for you, darling." When Hyacinth told me about his love oath, I spat out angrily, "Let him go to sleep!" The poor man kept his word and died a bachelor. Meeting Hyacinth by chance after we were married, he told her, "Tell Peter he is a lucky man." I can't agree with him more. We celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary on January 15, 2008 and are organising a thanksgiving prayer on February 11 at Christ Church, where we met. Many of those attending the prayer are our school friends.
Hyacinth Anne
My mother's maiden name
was Gibson. After marriage,
she became a Gear. She
would tell me, "A Gibson will
come to take away this Gear."
As no eligible Gibson was in
sight, I would tell her, "Mom,
you are off your head!" Charles
had not entered my life
then. But the circumstances
that led to our meeting
makes me wonder if my
mother had the gift of prophecy.
Charles' family had settled
down in Bolarum,
Secunderabad and mine in
Lahore. But thanks to unforeseen
events, both had to
come and stay in Chennai.
AS TOLD TO PRINCE FREDERICK
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