The Silver Flute Birthday Joy And Loss At Provincetown
Barbara Thorne turns eighteenth with a birthday ring from Bruce MacLain and a seaside picnic. He shares a gypsy tale of love and a silver flute, but news of her father Christopher Thorne’s drowning follows. Relatives take charge as Barbara’s family must cope with separation and a plan to flee to Uncle Stephen Drake.
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Barbara
Christopher Thorne
Bruce MacLain
Bruce
Provincetown
Kit
Herbert
Gay
Lola
Stephen" Drake
Emily
Stephen
Stephen Drake Faces Changes in Midlife Romance
In a tense dinner setup Stephen Drake contemplates proposing to Emily Trent while battling dread of changing his orderly life. Aunt Edith presses him on marriage as Emily's serene charm contrasts with his restless longing for a past love and fear of loss.
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Henry
Stephen
Mister Stephen
Sarah
Emily Trent
Emily
Trent
Toses
Rittenhouse Square
van Wyck, Penrose and Drake
Drake
Edith
Natalie
Cbmily
Aunt Wdith
Edith Drake
van Wyck
Robert
Ldith
Thomas
Watching Out The Alarm Bell In Youth and Power
A reflective piece on aging and responsibility warns that alarm bells ring early in life urging self care before forty or fifty. It contrasts stable unions with unstable rise, cites Insull’s fall from height, and criticizes adult carelessness and debt, noting a girl who left marriage at seventeen and five children in seven years.
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