A Duologue by Alfred Sutro
Sir Harry Jardine has not been in San Francisco for many days, but he makes some excuse to visit Mrs. Transford every day. He is twenty-five and she is nearing forty, but is still exceedingly attractive. It is perfectly obvious that he is in love with her. He is rather inexperienced so far as women are concerned, for his mother lived in isolation after his father's death when he was a baby. Mrs. Transford tells him her own story.