Love Insurance and the Great Gambling Institution
A 1916 fiction excerpt contrasts Love Insurance as a satire on divorce fears with a London nobleman seeking help at an American marine insurance firm labeled The Great Gambling Institution In The World. Allan, Lord Harrowby, arrives nervous and shy, meeting Thacker and Minot as he proposes a business scheme amid brisk office banter.
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Earl Derr Biggers
Baldpate
New York
Marine Insur
London
Eton
Boyd
Thacker
Mr. Thacker
Allan
Lord Harrowby
James Nelson Harrowby
Carlybrook
Thader
Lord Barrowby
Lord Harrowby Seeks Insurance Help From Jephson
Lord Harrowby visits underwriter Owen Jephson in New York to discuss a proposal about insuring risky fortunes. Thacker explains Jephson handles unusual risks for diverse clients, from a Strand shopkeeper to the Dowager Duchess of Tremayne, while Jephson remains poker-faced and ready to listen.
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Navy
Mr. Thacker
Lord Harrowby
Owen Jephson
Mr. Minot
Jephson
New York
T. Roosevelt
Harrowby
Richard
Mr. Ker
Strand
Nelson
Trafalgar Square
Duchess of Tremayne
Courtney Giles
West End Road Theater
Romeo
Boyd
Mr. Jephson
Lord Harrowby Plans Florida Wedding Amid Creditors
In a tense London club scene a titled lord confesses to a possible marriage to Cynthia Meyrick of a wealthy family. He fears a slip or a change of mind by the bride and asks Mr Jephson to insure against this peril as creditors close in and a wedding looms on the horizon.
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Mr. Minot
Lord S
Lord Harrowby
San Marco
Florida
Owen Jephson
Mr. Jephson
New York
Jephson
Cynthia Meyrick
Fragmentary Miss Meyrick note on marriage and claims
A preserved snippet shows a speaker pledging to influence Miss Meyrick to maintain her current intention regarding marriage. The text expresses willingness to abandon the union if the speaker’s actions would invalidate any claim on Boyd, with a parenthetical indication the piece continues.
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Miss Meyrick
Boyd
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