The British Empire

2 AFTER READING Lispeth Story Speaking 6 Discuss the points raised by Lispeth and the Chaplain s wife in the listening activity. Who do you agree with? Do you think Lispeth or the Chaplain s wife should have behaved differently? What does the story say about the colonisers attitudes towards the native people? Writing 7 Imagine you are the Chaplain s wife.What would you do with Lispeth, given her decision to marry a European man she hardly knows? Express your view in about 150 words. Two women on the verandah of an Indian bungalow (1878). 41