Chapter 2“It’s impossible, I could not do anything like that!” Indira exclaimed.
“Why not?” Charles enquired. “You are far too pretty to go into a Convent. But if you are intent on it, there is nothing to stop you from doing it later.”
Indira was obviously reflecting on what he had said and looking so lovely as she did so that Jimmy was staring at her almost as if he felt she could not be real.
Finally she asked,
“This Marquis who says such unkind things about women – what is he like?”
“Tall, handsome and irresistibly attractive to the female s*x,” Charles replied.
The way he spoke made Indira look at him speculatively for a moment before she said,
“He has obviously – hurt you – personally in some way.
Jimmy laughed.
“That is very perceptive of you. Of course he has! He took away
