Lord Orsett's angry words left Kelda aghast Must her friend really choose between marrying either the elderly Governor General or this cynical recluse, his dislike of her equalled only by his contempt? After long years as an assistant in a ladies' seminary, Kelda was overjoyed to find herself in the colourful world of 19th century Senegal, as companion to a young French girl joining her guardian, but Lord Orsett's plans for his ward brought an agonising dilemma Kelda had both to rescue her friend and change her host's opinion of women before she found the rapture of love