Helga smiled at that and then felt instantly guilty as Harriet stepped back. She fluffed out her hair and looked at Harriet in the mirror.
“Let us do this thing.”
“After you,” Harriet indicated.
The opium den was located in the basement and Helga was relieved to discover that there were other Westerners there, a couple of Belgians, some Frenchmen and four Americans. Granted, the only other women present were the diplomat’s wife and her friend but Harriet assured her that by the afternoon there would be more women here than men.
The den was designed to look like an extension of the coffee house above, complete with booths, benches and even some movie posters. An Indian waiter served them coffee and then brought them the hashish in a bowl with two pipes. Harriet thanked him in Hindi and
