All his life he had gone out of his way to prevent his name from being connected in any way with the numerous women who tried to marry him for his title and for his wealth.
He was well aware how easy it was for a man to be forced into marriage just because, having been linked in gossip with one particular woman, he could only do the honourable thing in offering her his name.
He had made up his mind never to marry.
He disliked women with a violence that affected his whole outlook on life and he found the easiest way to avoid being implicated with them was to have nothing to do with the whole s*x.
This was made all the easier because of his deep interest in Sanskrit manuscripts which took him to parts of the world where women were unable to go.
He enjoyed Tibet not only because of the t
