In 1932 Alice Whelan, fleeing a faithless husband in England and passing herself off as a widow, arrives with her baby in Simla, India, where her brother Ralph is private secretary to the Viceroy.边昌和边萦所说的冲儿，就是边昌的嫡孙，边萦的侄儿，边冲，是前不久被刀哥砍了脑袋的边安唯一的儿子，今年16岁，只比边萦这个做姑姑的小两岁。
