She had the feeling that it had been chosen not because it was white, which in India is worn only by widows, but because the tulle which decorated the hem and the décolletage sparkled with little drops of diamanté like tiny stars.
Latonia felt that they would echo the stars that were coming out in the sky and there was a shining belt to encircle her small waist.
When she looked at herself in the mirror after she was dressed, she thought that in reality she should be wearing a tiara on her head and a necklace of diamonds at her throat.
As if the woman knew what she was thinking, she said in Urdu, “one moment, Lady Sahib!” and went from the room,
Sitting in front of the mirror, Latonia wondered where she had gone, but a few moments later she returned carrying in her hand some small buds
