The Purser who had arranged it had assured her that the man was well qualified for the job and Brucena had found him not only a proficient teacher but also an intelligent person.
At first she had concentrated fiercely on learning the language, determined that she would not arrive in India unable to speak anything but English.
As the weeks went by, she found to her delight that he could tell her a great deal about his country and the customs of his people.
He even tried to explain to her the Caste system and more important the religions, which varied from the Buddhists to the Hindus, from the Jains to the Moslems and hundreds of strange and varied sects, all of which had their rituals, their taboos and their sacred places somewhere in the vast Subcontinent.
Some instinct in Brucena warn
