Corrine is in town running errands, when she runs into a local doctor's wife. Corrine tries to avoid the woman, because she does not particularly like her. This woman is a part of the country club group that Corrine finds distasteful. Corrine never did want Michael Mulvaney Sr. to join the country club, despite his own excitement at finally being accepted among the most elite of the local elite. Michael has always craved acceptance in a social and private way, and this country club somehow fulfills that for him. Corrine would rather have very little to do with the club and its members.
However, Corrine cannot avoid this woman, who after a few cordial words inside the post office has followed Corrine out onto the street. Corrine stops, because she has no.....
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