India Black And The Rajah's Ruby (2012) - Plot & Excerpts
I assume a professorial air and give them a stern lecture on the virtues of thrift and sobriety, warning them of the incessant scrutiny of the local plod and the endless battles with drunken, thieving sluts. Halfway through my performance, I can see the doubt creeping into their eyes and before I’ve even gotten to the part about deviant customers, the girls are slinking off with their tails between their legs. Then I laugh and pour myself a glass of first-rate whisky and return to counting sovereigns. You didn’t expect me to tell them the truth, did you? I wouldn’t dare reveal to these fillies how the Turkish rugs, the fine silver and the gleaming crystal that adorn my brothel, Lotus House, just fell into my lap. For one thing, I’ve a reputation to keep up and it would do it no good at all if word got around that it wasn’t India Black’s financial acumen and superb management skills that enabled her to purchase Lotus House and turn it into the preferred destination of the minor aristocracy, military officers and the senior civil servants who frequent the place.
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