[Albion Wilde]

Why do they ASSUME she was a “slave”???? She may have been smitten by the exotic, manly, Nordic type!

Agree. Look at the story of Mutiny on the Bounty -- English seamen in love with Pacific Island natives and not wanting to leave them behind.

[a fool in paradise]

I’ll say this, someone coming to your village who is clearly not from the area but has the means and power to travel great distances is a “rock star” compared to the locals. It certainly isn’t hard to picture some woman going for a traveller.

Maybe it was an early fuller brush salesman.