When she had nearly finished with the fruit, she heard a girl approaching. She lifted her head to look, but one of the Indian girls pushed it back dow... with her foot, getting the back of her head wet in the process. Maddie could only stare at the Indian women’s feet as a result. ‘Here is your spiced chai, Rajakumaaree.’ One of the girls took the drink. After a moment, she snapped. ‘You didn’t stir this well enough!’ Maddie heard the sound of a woman being slapped in the face. Maddie saw. "We managed to behave ourselves on the ride back down to London and stopped off at the local undertakers to get things moving, those people were very good and very professional, we were out of there in less than an hour a lot poorer.A blue car was outside the cottage as we pulled up and I recognised it as belonging to Peter, her boyfriend, or ex-boyfriend."Hello Peter," she said coldly, "What brings you here today?" Well actually I came yesterday also." And?"He looked at me as if waiting for me. Christi picked up the curry comb next and ran it in a circular motion all over Star Fire’s coat, getting the loosened hair off the horse. She then picked up the soft bristled brush and swept all the remaining loose hair off before getting ready to bathe the horse. Luckily for Christi, Joe had built a ‘shower’ for the horses, which was a system of PVC pipes set up in a frame, shaped like an upside down U. There were holes drilled in the pipes to let the water spray over the horse like a shower,. I was musing on that fact when I next rang home and spoke to my mother, a few days after the sergeants mess dance."You know what them bastards 'ave been an gorn and done?" My mother shouted as soon as I started to speak. She answered her own question, which was just as well as I hadn't a clue what she was going on about. (gorn = East London pronunciation of 'gone')"They've only been an gorn and kicked the poor cow out'er 'ouse, 'aven't they?"It is a peculiarity of East London speech to convert.