“I suppose I should have to dress up as a woman of social standing.”
“Of course you would. I can tell you that I would be very pleased to see you wear something attractive rather than those dull sombre suits that you think make you look masculine.”
“They are what my father insisted on me having almost as soon as I left the cradle,” Amina said. “I have grown used to them and I feel odd and uncomfortable in anything else.”
“Well, I had hoped that you would help me in what is a most difficult situation,” her uncle replied. “I know that you would certainly enjoy going to Siam and Khmer, but if you feel it is impossible I must go and find someone else.”
“Where would you look for anyone?” Amina asked.
Sir James smiled.
“Doubtless on the stage, after all there are a great many actresses in
