I think it was her duenna who toppled off the edge of the gangway with one of the Chittagong crew in the push to come aboard.
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch
The soprano with her slovenly duenna in a long French cachemire shawl, the Italian with his two sisters, one on each arm, all fly apart like bits of lead from an exploding shell.
"Erlach Court"
Ossip Schubin
The duenna was showing her hand already.
"The Song of Songs"
Hermann Sudermann