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@00000400@@00000327@'A whole Gothic world had come to grief . . .'@00000133@@00000341@@00000327@@00000133@@00000341@@00000327@@00000133@Beautiful Lady Brenda Last lives at Hetton Abbey, a crumbling Gothic monstrosity that is her husband Tony's pride and joy. Bored and restless after seven years of marriage, she drifts into an affair with a worthless young socialite. Abandoning the country for the glamorous yet shallow London scene, Brenda imagines divorce will bring happiness. Instead she and Tony feel lost and isolated - victims of the wreckless times in which they live . . .@00000163@