Summary

Beryl assures Boy in Chapter 21 that Jock will not comes after him. She also makes it clear that she's only interested in a casual affair with him. She longs to know what it's like to be her own person, not defined as being someone's daughter or their wife.

One afternoon she runs into Berkeley Cole, who she hasn't seem since her coming out party. He invites her to a party at his farm. Both she and Lord D attend. Denys is there, too and Beryl finds herself attracted to him. Her attraction grows when he saves her from a cobra. She finds out that he came to Kenya to escape a definition of "what life should be." He leaves to go to Karen's farm. In Chapter 22, Berkeley warns Beryl not to fall for Denys.

Beryl sees Denys again one day. He tells her...