Tragg conventionally divided women into two types. The first included bright, beautiful, confident in themselves and in their attractiveness. Oddly enough, but Tragg found it easier to communicate with women of this type. These women included Danaira, and many others from his entourage, whose help he often had to resort to. He tried to ensure that relations with the ladies he needed never crossed a certain line. If this happened, then very soon he not only abandoned the woman as his beloved, but generally threw her out of his environment and life.

Tragg knew this shortcoming in him: he could not be with one woman for a long time. Only...