1927. Dell, British writer, began writing at a young age. Most of her stories are ones of passion and love set in India and other British colonial possessions. The story begins: Ermine, my dear, you don't say you refused him! Oh, don't be silly, Joyce! Of course I did! I'm not going to the White Rabbit to please anybody. But, Ermine, you did encourage him, you know you did. Well, I've discouraged him now, so that's that! Please, darling, I want another toasted scone. Aren't they lovely? Ermine, you're quite heartless! For which thanks be! I hate women who trail their hearts about like pet dogs at the end of a string. He can marry the Jervis girl if he likes. She's much more suitable and she's chasing him hard. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.