We extend our sympathies to Victor. Lea was indeed a gentle person.
I have witnessed the slow demise of the small community of portuguese
speaking Goans of Bombay over the decades, an asset as I saw it. They came
largely from a small base in Goa: Assagao and Porvorim, Saligaoand
Porvorim, Benaulim, Carona and Curtorim come to mind. The large families of the
old gentry were willing to spare a few sons to the 'inglese' world that was
gently disdained.
They flourished out of nice homes in the old haunts I cherish and miss, from
far away. It has been a slow farewell to Mount and Nesbit, Club Back and
Claire, Apollo and Napier, Laburnum and Wodehouse, where you could count on
picking up the soft strain of a Chopin melody on a sunday morning.
Farewell to Lea, also, and thanks for the memories. eric.
