Vaguely at the back of his mind he reckoned that she must be as beautiful as her mother and her father was a most distinguished-looking man.
What was more important than anything else was that his family would be very delighted and there was no question of his mother being upset and thinking he was making a mésalliance.
His mother was largely responsible for the fact that he had given up making love to actresses and dancers and turned instead to bored married women. They were Socially acceptable but more importantly ‘safe’.
Some time ago he had realised from conversations with his uncle and cousins that his mother – and they – were desperately worried about him.
He had been enjoying himself, as most young men of his age did, with those who were called ‘white doves’, and they feared he
