In Victorian England On The Last Day Of His Long Life Richard Sutcliffe Tells Of His Passionate Affair With The Sultan'S Woman. When He Traveled To A Provincial Village As A Young Painter On His First Commission He Is Fascinated By A Beautiful Woman Who Gallops A Giant Black Horse In And Out Of The Sea. Why Do Villagers Call Her The Sultan'S Woman As If It Were A Curse? Curiosity Pity Become A Secret Love Affair That Results In Murder And Obsession. We Had No Peace. Only The Brutal Desire For More And More And More. And Again More