a glorious , twenty-two year old virgin from indiana who probably lived in a palatial home that looked like a plantation ( at least , this is where nate saw her in his mind whenever he thought about her , which was a great deal for the first few months but later , as a well-honed defence mechanism , not at all , or at least , not during daylight hours ) and had been cosseted and sheltered all her life , confronted with what nate was ... she was probably still showering to wash away the filth of him .