A Handful of Dust Chapter Summary & Analysis - Chapter Three, Hard Cheese on Tony: Part Three Summary

Chapter Three, Hard Cheese on Tony: Part Three Summary

Much time has passed since the last communication between Tony and Brenda. She writes to let him know that she will visit Hetton over the weekend. Brenda plans to bring Polly and a new friend named Jenny Abdul Akbar. Brenda and Polly send Jenny ahead of them with hopes that Tony will start to like her. Princess Abdul Akbar is her official title and she is a very colorful woman, so much so that Tony can't even enjoy the fact that she truly appreciates his Hetton house. Jenny has renamed Tony, Teddy, without realizing her error, and the strange woman clearly makes Tony uncomfortable. She was once married to the prince of Morocco who carries the title the Moulay. She tells Tony and later John Andrew how the Moulay was a very grave man and she was mistreated while with him. John Andrew takes a liking to Jenny almost immediately....
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