Word: nano
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Biarritz, Monique first met the Da Silva cousins-tall, handsome Nano, just back from service with the French army,, an ardent cavalier who escorted her to the casinos and the dances and introduced her to his cousin, Jonsine da Silva, who promptly fell in love with...
...Difficult. Monique just couldn't decide which of the two Brazilians she liked best. Then, on his father's death, Jonsine hurried home to take over his coffee inheritance. Monique decided she loved Nano, for he was close at hand. Then Nano's grandmother died, and he hurried home to take over another coffee plantation. Monique swerved to Jonsine, who had returned to Biarritz. Talking fast while the coast was clear, he persuaded her to marry...
Jonsine took his bride off to Brazil, there drudged over his coffee estate while his wife pined for Biarritz's less boring round. Nano renewed his suit and the situation grew tense. Twice Monique went home. The first time, husband Jonsine pursued her, persuaded her to come back to Brazil, have a baby and be happy. They had a baby girl, Pamela, but Monique was still not happy. The second time she ran off, Jonsine followed again; this time he promised to stay with her in France...
...Distraught. But Nano, too, popped up in Biarritz, and spent much time with Monique. She became distraught, required larger & larger doses of sleeping pills. Last October she made a decision. She told Jonsine she would leave him for Nano...
Next day the crisis ripened. Jonsine and Monique went to Mass together, then dropped into Sonny's Bar for tomato juice, then lunched at the rambling Villa Fazenda. Monique wrote a letter to Nano telling him she had finally broken with Jonsine. Six hours before it was postmarked, she was dead...