Part 11 Section 32 Summary

The year is 1923. The landscape that had been heavy with dust a few weeks earlier now drips with water from the monsoons. Harry tells Olivia that the Nawab had said Douglas and the others would be astonished when her baby was born: she asks Harry if he thought the Nawab had meant the color (how could he be sure?). She has not thought about this. She sticks her hand out the window to feel the rain—and tells Harry that she is thinking about an abortion and would he please help her find out where to go (perhaps the Begum would know).

Part 11 Section 32 Analysis

Seasons ebb and flow. The hot dust storms of the summer have been replaced by the monsoon rains. Olivia had wanted to be pregnant when she wasn't. She now wants to not be pregnant, knowing...