What does "stout matron" mean?

Matron: a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.

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married woman

a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.

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so the story tells of someone named kaushik choudhuri, but he does not narrate the story, a girl named hema does. hema tells the story in a second person point of view because you (the reader) are supposed to be the boy named kaushik.

here's an excerpt i found: "i was ushered into the fitting room, your mother watching approvingly as i took off my coat and sweater and tried on the bra."

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