Dangerous Inheritance (2013)
“Fleur had not been at all keen to come on this expedition; but had she insisted on remaining in Colombo, now that Douglas was fully occupied in his office she would have been able to be with him only in the evenings, and as the party were to be away only two nights she had been persuaded to come.
Now she was rather glad she had, because she found Lalita much the most interesting person she had met since arriving in Ceylon. Douglas had told her that when younger he had been a Socialist but further discussion had revealed that he was now, at most, a very pale pink Liberal, and his parents were so reactionary that they gave the impression that they regretted that their class no longer owned slaves.
Lalita, on the other hand, had what Fleur considered the right ideas. To begin with he had been extremely cagey about giving his own views on Ceylon’s social problems to an English girl of the upper class; but when she had shown her colours he let himself go and they began swapping with gusto ...the old phrases, about liberty, equality and fraternity.MoreLess
Now she was rather glad she had, because she found Lalita much the most interesting person she had met since arriving in Ceylon. Douglas had told her that when younger he had been a Socialist but further discussion had revealed that he was now, at most, a very pale pink Liberal, and his parents were so reactionary that they gave the impression that they regretted that their class no longer owned slaves.
Lalita, on the other hand, had what Fleur considered the right ideas. To begin with he had been extremely cagey about giving his own views on Ceylon’s social problems to an English girl of the upper class; but when she had shown her colours he let himself go and they began swapping with gusto ...the old phrases, about liberty, equality and fraternity.MoreLess
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