Brucena realised that Lord Rawthorne was not only interested in what Amelie was telling him but also impressed that she came from a noble French family.
She despised him because his attitude became a little more respectful, as Amelie went on to say that she had only been nineteen when she came to India in 1828 to stay with an English family in Jubbulpore.
It was there that she had met William Sleeman and, much to the annoyance of a large number of young very eligible Army officers in the district, had fallen head-over-heels in love with the forty-year-old Political Officer and married him.
It was certainly not surprising that he had fallen in love with her for Amelie de Chalain was tall and had very fair skin and dark brown hair. She had a natural vivacity, a quick intelligence and a ch
