The Case Of The Middle-Aged Wife / In A Glass Darkly

Parker Pyne helps a middle-aged wife to recover the attention of her husband, a philandering business-man too interested in his pretty young secretary.Dismayed that her husband George is ignoring her in favour of his much younger secretary Nancy, Maria Packington answers an advert guaranteeing to make her happier and ends up in Parker Pyne’s office. As a result she is introduced to handsome young Claude Luttrell who makes her feel special, and eventually Maria and Claude ‘bump into’ George and Nancy, as a result of which George that what is sauce for the goose applies to the gander and returns to his wife