General Campion constantly berates the protagonist, whose only real friend is his army buddy McMaster.
The protagonist of this novel unsuccessfully attempts on numerous occasions to make Valentine Wannop his mistress. Towards the end of the work, the protagonist's wife cuts down the immense cedar tree that has stood for generations in front of the family estate, Groby. General Campion constantly berates the protagonist, whose only real friend is his army buddy McMaster. At the end of the novel Sylvia divorces her husband and the protagonist's brother Mark asks Valentine to be kind to his brother. Centering on the "last English Tory" Christopher Tietjens, --for 10 points-- name this social chronicle by Ford Maddox Ford.
The protagonist of this novel unsuccessfully attempts on numerous occasions to make Valentine Wannop his mistress.
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