The Last Bouquet: Some Twilight Tales

The Last Bouquet is a collection of dramatic Victorian tales about young socialites in France. Excerpt: «The interview had begun with embarrassment, but decorously, and had proceeded through stages of mutual exasperation to final outbursts of recrimination that were without restraint. The disgust, contempt, and fury which each had cherished in their hearts for years rose to their lips, and rage at being involved in such a humiliating quarrel added force to the energy with which they abused each other.»