![]() ![]() She resists the letter but finally returns to France on a perilous sea journey. Indiana has moved to the Island with the Colonel by the time she reads the letter. He cannot bear the thought that her will is stronger than his and writes her a letter intended to make her fall in love with him again, even though he has no intention of requiting this love. ![]() He at first attempts to seduce her but, on failing, rejects her once and for all. Indiana escapes the house to faithfully present herself in Raymon's apartments in the middle of the night, expecting him to accept her as his mistress in spite of society's inevitable condemnation. Indiana's husband decides that they will move to Île Bourbon. When Noun finds out what is going on, she drowns herself. ![]() Raymon has already seduced Indiana's maid, Noun, who is pregnant with his child. When their young, handsome, and well-spoken neighbor, Raymon de Ramière, declares his interest to Indiana, she falls in love with him. As it turns out, Ralph is in love with Indiana. ![]() She overlooks her cousin Ralph, who lives with her and the colonel. Indiana does not love Delmare and searches for someone who will love her passionately. Indiana is married to an older ex-army officer named Colonel Delmare and suffers from a variety of unknown illnesses, presumably due to the lack of passion in her life. Île Bourbon (now Réunion) and currently living in France. Indiana is the story's heroine, a young noblewoman descended from French colonial settlers from One edition illustrated by Maurice Toussaint ![]()
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