“And there were the men. They came and went. Each new body provided not only some degree of sexual satisfaction but also a physical reassurance that she was not alone – at least not for those hours. The outside world saw none of the torment, only the scandal in Idina’s life. As she moved from bed to bed to satisfy her cravings – all of them: not just for sex but for company, affection and perhaps in the hope that this new liaison might be “the one” who would change her life again – her reputation as a seductress spread. She was “reputed to have had lovers without number” and to be an expert on the erotic use of lingerie: teaching at least one man how to touch four strategic points on a skirt that would make a pair of stockings slide to the floor.”