The Other Two (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Edith Wharton
- First Published: 1904
- Type of Plot: Wit and humor
- Time of Work: The early twentieth century
- Setting: New York City
- Principal Characters: Mr. Waythorn, Mrs. Alice Waythorn, Haskett, Gus Varick, Lily Haskett
- Genres: Short fiction, Comedy of manners
- Subjects: Husbands, Divorce, Satire, Typhoid fever, Toleration
- Locales: New York, NY
The Story
A successful New York investor named Waythorn and his twice-divorced bride, Alice, cut short their honeymoon because her twelve-year-old daughter, Lily, has fallen ill with typhoid. Awaiting them at home is a letter from the lawyer of Alice's first husband, Haskett, requesting that his weekly visitation rights be continued at the Waythorn household because Lily cannot be moved. Waythorn reluctantly agrees but, not wishing an embarrassing scene, leaves early the following day for work. While on a crowded train, he runs into Alice's second husband, the well-connected...
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