The Malicious Monocle

  Governor General Hedgehog glanced to his right at Elephant sipped at his tea. This was the first official High Tea in which Elephant had been officially invited to by Hedgehog. Along with Elephant, a select few members of the most loyal families and functionaries had also been invited. Hedgehog had been told by his secretary the social battles were getting almost open in the attempt to secure an invitation to Elephant’s first social event after that article had appeared in the Chennai Times.

The guests were all hear to witness this new, ‘tamed’ Raja and claim they were in his, and the Governor General’s, good graces. Hedgehog wasn’t a fool. He knew better than to blindly trust any of these sycophants. If they left this tea not fully convinced that Elephant was who Hedgehog said he was, their tongues would be wagging so fiercely the news would travel the length of the Ganges quicker than Hedgehog could sign his name to an Order of Execution.