While saying farewells to her guests the NormanKnights and poet Eddie Warren, the protagonist realizes that her husband (+) Harryis having an affair with Pearl Fulton.
The protagonist of one story by this author is frustrated at having to keep herexcitement hidden "like a rare, rare fiddle", and her nanny is upset when she insistson feeding her baby, Little B, herself. While saying farewells to her guests the NormanKnights and poet Eddie Warren, the protagonist realizes that her husband (+) Harryis having an affair with Pearl Fulton. In another story by this author, the protagonist asks her brother "Isn't life?" in response to the death of a (*) carter thrown from his horse, as relayed by the cream puff delivery man. The protagonist drops off to the widow a basket of food left over from the title event, which she had wanted to cancel. For ten points, name this short story author who wrote of Bertha Young in Bliss and of Laura in The Garden Party.
The protagonist of one story by this author is frustrated at having to keep herexcitement hidden "like a rare, rare fiddle", and her nanny is upset when she insistson feeding her baby, Little B, herself.
Katherine Mansfield (or Kathleen Beauchamp)