Numerous DelightsChapter 15 Domestic Arrangements
A couple of weeks after he moved in to his new house, the Chief Eunuch whom he had acquired with it came to him in his study one evening. "Master," he said in his slightly odd version of English, "it is not seemly for a man of your prestigious status and great importance to have only three women in his harem. It should be better if there was more, or some boys if that is your heart's desire? The Master has not used any of the women." "These three women, where did they come from? Are...