Green Park Summary

Friends since nanny training school with newly rich Jane, Helen and Margaret agree not to dress fancily when going together to see Jane for the first time in years. Still, each does. They giggle nervously about seeing the Ritz Hotel. Helen and Margaret have both married and applied their training to raising their own children, but Jane has become rich and famous. Still, they are sure the old bonding survives. Margaret has married a vicar and lives a dull life. Helen has married Jeff, a man with a knack for losing money betting on the horses. Both are in their forties and envy Jane, who in photographs looks younger than she had as a student. They commiserate in lacking the time to pamper themselves.

As Jane meets them in the foyer, she dismisses their awe at how beautiful and youthful she...