The Tigress

“I do hope you are not going to weep!” Nina Darling tells Gerald Andrews on a moonlit terrace in Simla, just after ending their affair. His shock only sharpens her teasing—and her refusal to be understood.

At the close of the season, beneath the opal light over Simla’s gardens and valley, young civil servant Gerald is left to reckon with a woman who can turn tenderness into torment. Nina is married, restless, and frank enough to call forever a wearisome prospect; yet her cool performance conceals a past that even she cannot put to rest. One man, she says, was more than her match—her mate—and was reported dead years ago, though the story did not end there. What could make Nina Darling long for a man she may never find?

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