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Chapter 1 (sections i-v)

• The author opens by stating his misgivings about writing the story he is about to narrate.

• The story starts with the narrator meeting Elliott Templeton for lunch in Chicago.

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• Elliott meets the narrator at his hotel and tells him they are going to have lunch at the home of Louisa Bradley, with Louisa, her daughter, Isabel, and a renowned decorator, Gregory Brabazon.

• At the lunch, Elliott and the narrator meet Laurence Darrell, Isabel's fiance.

• Elliott later tells the narrator that Laurence is twenty-years-old and not looking seriously for a job. The author thinks Laurence probably needs a break after the war.

• Elliott and the narrator depart with plans to meet Mrs. Bradley at her home the following evening.

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Chapter 1 (sections vi-x)

• At a dinner party the following night, the author is seated next to a young woman named Sophie. She gives him a brief bio...

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