![]() Hilda, Jennifer’s sister, who had herself married a man not considered worthy by her father feels that unlike her Jennifer won’t be able to cope without money and comforts. Jennifer and Philip are thinking of getting married though they know that it’d be tough for them to survive without an allowance by Sir Osmand. ![]() Jennifer is in love with Philip but her father wants her to marry Oliver and often pitches the two young men against one another. Among the staff is the secretary Grace Potisham, the butler Perkins, the two chauffeurs, Henry Bingham and John Ashmore. ![]() The other guests include Philip Cheriton and Oliver Witcombe (and later Kenneth Stour). Headed by Sir Osmond Melbury, the family includes his spinster-sister, Mildred his son George (there with his wife Patricia and their three kids) his daughters: the widowed Hilda (along with her daughter, Carol), Edith (Dittie) with her husband Sir David Evershot, the beautiful Eleanor with her husband Gordon Strickland and their two kids, and the unmarried Jennifer. ![]() The Melbury family is celebrating Christmas at their country-house Flaxmere. ![]()
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