A man staying at a country hotel defends the actions of a married woman also staying in the hotel who decides to run away with a younger man, abandoning her husband and children. His defense of the woman's folly prompts a respectable elderly widow to confess a similar incident in her own past.
Like other Stefan Zweig stories I have read, this one features a story told within a story, with interesting characters, psychological insights, and unusual situations. Well worth a read. The atmosphere and subject matter is very similar to Dostoyevsky's <i>The Gambler</i>.
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