Tento britský autor je mistrem povídek, jehož díla jsou známá svým vtipem a občasnou mrazivostí. S pomocí jemně vykreslených postav a precizních narativních struktur mistrně satirizoval edwardiánskou společnost a kulturu. Jeho povídky, často publikované nejprve v novinách, se vyznačují jedinečným stylem a pronikavým pohledem na lidskou povahu. Autorův vliv je patrný v dílech mnoha pozdějších spisovatelů, což potvrzuje jeho trvalý literární odkaz.
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Francesca Bassington is a somewhat cold and self-contained society woman who values her home and possessions above all else. She lives in a house that was left to a young, underage heiress, Emmeline Chetrof, and Francesca is free to continue living there until Emmeline gets married. Well contented to continue living there forever, Francesca is trying to find a way to stay in the house, maneuvering with her son Comus, a self-centered young man whose irresponsibility may have been excusable and endearing when he was young but whose flippancy and fecklessness has now become a sore point between him and his mother