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Mr. Wayt's Wife's Sister

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A young artist returning from abroad misses his train and, after a courteous gesture, becomes entwined with a traveling household that includes a frail woman who uses a wheeled chair. The plot follows domestic life and social maneuvering as guardians, siblings, and children negotiate duties, ambitions, and proprieties. Episodes range from society successes to mounting private tensions, charting how personal pride, family obligations, and legal arrangements reshape relationships. The work combines incident-driven scenes with commentary on manners, household responsibilities, and the consequences of divided loyalties.

FOOTNOTES:

[A] Literal report.

[B] A verbatim report.


Transcriber’s Notes:

Obvious punctution errors repaired. Varied hyphenations was retained.

Page 6, “knickerbcokers” changed to “knickerbockers” (jackets and knickerbockers)

Page 9, “seeming” changed to “seaming” (out the seaming gallantly)

Page 15, “nectkies” changed to “neckties” (white neckties upon weekdays)

Page 49, “croning” changed to “crooning” (hear Tony crooning)

Page 62, “prceious” changed to “precious” (My precious one!)

Page 74, “to-morow” changed to “to-morrow” (minds that to-morrow we)

Page 109, “atmosphrere” changed to “atmosphere” (long in the atmosphere)

Page 129, “presumptous” changed to “presumptuous” (star-gazing and presumptuous)

Page 133, “Adironacks” changed to “Adirondacks” (week for the Adirondacks)

Page 170, “theatened” changed to “threatened” (laughter threatened dissolution)

Page 185, “Christain” changed to “Christian” (a thing as Christian)

Page 245, “apeing” changed to “aping” (her aping is more)

Page 245, “entreé” changed to “entrée” (entrée of uppertendom)