"He caught her in his arms—in his strong arms."
"Little Peggy!" he answered.
"George!" she said. "I have wanted you so!"
But both Mr. Roderick Collingwood and Lady Alice Attwill dined alone with their thoughts that night.
A Butterfly on the Wheel: A Novel
About This Book
The narrative follows a high-society marital crisis when a politician's wife becomes the center of scandal after an intimate association with another man is discovered; events shift between Paris hotel rooms, London drawing-rooms and courtroom proceedings as friends, counsel, and a detective probe the circumstances. The plot charts negotiations of reputation and legal strategy, private remorse, public accusation, and the strain placed on personal loyalties. Characters confront choices about truth, forgiveness, and social survival while theatrical set-pieces and dramatic revelations examine how publicity and legal institutions shape private lives.