Part 8 Section 24 Summary

The year is 1923. Olivia told Douglas that Harry was ill in Khatm and that she was going to visit him. Douglas merely replied with an "oh," which Olivia interpreted as meaning that he knew she frequently traveled to Khatm. She no longer hurried to get home before he arrived (there was little need since he was keeping longer and longer hours at his office). Olivia was usually up long after Douglas went to bed and asleep when he left in the morning. One morning though she did rise with him (they quarreled). After Douglas left, she looked towards Khatm and later walked over to see Dr. Saunders herself: he had already left and Mrs. Saunders, to her surprise, was out of bed: She warns Olivia that "they" only want to "you-know-what with a white woman." Olivia leaves quickly—the Nawab's...