Word: frith
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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With perfect imperturbability Pearl assured him of the worst. Jack, scion of the aristocratic family Frith-Walter, was standing for Parliament-as Labor candidate. Alan was quite as shocked as Pearl. But she wasn't leaving Jack? Certainly. Divorce? Certainly. Vanished Alan's benignity, Wordsworth's philosophy...
...Story. Tie and socks meticulously matched, shirt and kerchief lovingly harmonized, Frith-Walter basked in his own well-grooming, beamed upon Miss Office smartly busy over his smart luggage. For she was the ultimate in secretaries; as was Elaine in charming wives, Jack in creditable sons, Pearl in chic, sophisticated daughters-in-law. Business was good, a holiday was in order, the most luxurious of trains snorted impatiently to carry Frith-Walter to the Riviera. He was healthy, he was wealthy, he was witty and wise; all was well with his world. "The earth lies all before...
...there were distractions: some young moderns noisily ordering drinks; an old "hag-beauty" was noisily bullying her husband; and between them ran the rumor of a typical French railway accident up the line. Alan Frith-Walter's benignity was therefore disturbed-only to be completely upheaved at the sight of Pearl. Why was she on the Rome express, why had he not known of her trip, why was his son not with her? Conjugal difficulties? Scandal in the Frith-Walter family...
Evidently they had. The next morning Jack from one Genoa hotel to Pearl in another Genoa hotel despatched a note. Therein he renounced his political ambitions. Instantly Pearl from one Genoa hotel rushed to Jack in another Genoa hotel. Frith-Walter congratulated her on influencing her husband to renounce Labor, secretly regretted that his son should abandon political ideals-indecent though they were&#!51;out of mere passion for a woman. But Pearl cast herself upon Jack, swore it should never be said he had given up his political career for a woman, announced that they were immediately returning...