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Visits Olivia and Crawford visiting Mrs. Minnies p. 30-33 (Henry Fong) The visit to Mrs. Minnies’ place establishes the loneliness of Olivia due to her lack of interest to Mrs. Crawford and Minnies. The relationship between Crawford, Minnies and Olivia can be seen as a cliché school yard phenomenon; Mrs. Crawford and Mrs. Minnies being the older more established members of a group while Olivia is the newcomer who is new to most of her surroundings. This phenomenon can be seen when Crawford and Minnies ranted about the “Honeysuckle Cottage” or “Simla plans” and go “off into school-perfect laughter”. While Olivia does not respond intently to most of their gossip as she “tries to be interested” in their talk when she simply “wasn’t”. The “old hens” (Crawford and Minnies) seemed to have noticed Olivia being “left out”, thus, they drew Olivia into their Simla plans, “We need you Olivia”, however, Olivia rejects politely as she excused herself that she would miss Douglas and “wouldn’t like to leave him”. From this event, it is evident that Olivia doesn’t really want to fit in with Mrs. Minnies and Mrs. Crawford and seems to accept her role as an outcast within her group.

John Wong This visit also important in developing the storyline, as it also emphasizes Olivia's growing feelings for the Nawab. During Olivia's conversations with Mrs Crawford and Minnies, she pays little attention to what is going at all, however when the subject of the Nawab is brought up, she instantly gains interest on the topic at hand. "The Nawab?" Olivia suddenly interjects when the other two women mention him. This shows her eagerness to know more about the charismatic Indian prince.