Word: gwen
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Dates: during 1926-1926
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...fails slowly. As he lies grimly cheerful in bed, completely absorbed in the fate of his body, it is less and less upon his public fame, more and more upon his dead wife and Delphine that his side-thoughts turn. Delphine commits suicide, victim of melancholy. Her young sister, Gwen, arrives to lament, to accuse. She stays to love Sam's son, Geoffrey. Sam passes his crisis but relapses. Deserted by Delphine, he utters his wife's name as his jaw drops...