Lord Gale raised his head to look down at her,
“You are so ridiculously beautiful that I think the safest thing I can do is to make you dress like a Muslim woman and enclose you in a secret garden like Khair-un-Nissa and keep you there all to myself.”
“I would not mind,” Sita replied, “but perhaps they would – think it a little strange in – these days – on the part of an – English Governor.”
“I adore you!” Lord Gale exclaimed. “Actually you are going to work very hard as my wife, because there is a great deal for the Governor’s wife to do. In fact the Viceroy was very relieved when I told him that I was to be married.”
“You were quite – certain that I would – accept you?”
“You already belonged to me for, as you pointed out, I was responsible for you for the rest of my life. So I did n
