![]() ![]() The book ends with Hetton being the focus of attention of another branch of the Last family, and it seems to have a life that somehow it lacked with Brenda as lady of the house. It all takes a turn for the somewhat odd when Tony heads off to Brazil and gets himself stuck in a most unusual situation, from which he will be unable to extricate himself. After agreeing that they will divorce, things take a turn for the worse when Brenda starts wanting Tony to finance her lifestyle and, in effect, buy her the man she now thinks she loves. You may guess from this that i didn't have a lot of sympathy for her. ![]() She has friends who she attends parties with, but none of this gets to the root of her meaningless existence. She finds a flat in London and starts an affair with a worthless society sponger. In fact, she's the one who precipitates the action, in some senses. Brenda is now bored of her lifestyle, Tony's settled down and she either isn't ready to, or is bored with how their life has established itself. Tony is fully invested in the place, Brenda less so. ![]() ![]() Tony & Brenda are married and having to economise to keep the family pile, Hetton Abbey, afloat. This starts off as a portrait of a marriage in the upper echelons of British society. ![]()
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