Lady Frederick by W. Somerset Maugham. Short summary

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Lady Mereston’s son had a crush on Lady Frederick. His mother did not approve of his choice, as the woman was 15 years older than him and had many debts. Lady Mereston asks her brother to stop her son’s affair.

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Lady Mereston asks her brother, Paradine Fouldes, to stop the affair between her son and Lady Frederick because the woman was 15 years older than the young man and had many debts. Lady Frederick tells the admiral that her brother Gerald wants to marry his daughter Rose.

The admiral did not approve of his daughter’s choice because he knew Gerald was a gambler. Lady Frederick used to have an affair with Paradine Fouldes. During the conversation, the woman admits to Fouldes that she is going to marry Charles.

Lady Frederick shows letters from Charles’s late father to the Folies Bergere singer. She suggests that Paradine burn them, but he refuses, as doing so would tie his hands. Captain Montgomery asks Lady Frederick to marry him. Gerald tells her that he did it because he is indebted to Montgomery.