The relationship between the old Duke and the young woman was put down to the salacity which is frequently found in rich old men. People imagined all manner of things, except the truth.
This head, with its remarkably broad brow and cheekbones, its handsome, sensual mouth, and its cold, majestic expression, was not disfigured by the approach of death.
Her swimming coach is lecherous, her teachers are condescending and her emotionally aloof mother shows her love through cut-up fruit and high expectations.