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An urbane social comedy that traces the manners and mishaps of wealthy New Yorkers as family foibles and romantic complications collide. Clubroom scenes, a vigilant detective, and an overbearing dog heighten comic misunderstandings while a discreet female secretary and an unexpected marriage unsettle social expectations. The narrative alternates witty set pieces and domestic encounters to expose generational clashes, rivalries, and the gap between public reputation and private desire, using light satire to examine how marriage, status, and decorum shape personal choices.
"Fourteen years is a long time, Bosworth, dear, for two people to love each other without knowing it," she said, ever so softly, freeing one hand only that it might be slipped up to his cheek and then to his hair.