. . . . . . . . . . "Love stories"@en . "Dulcie Mainwaring found the compiling of seeming trivialities about other people's lives irresistible, but her investigations into Aylwin Forbes were to lead to emotional entanglement." . "Dulcie Mainwaring found the compiling of seeming trivialities about other people's lives irresistible, but her investigations into Aylwin Forbes were to lead to emotional entanglement."@en . . . . . . . . "Preoccupied with uncomfortable feelings for a married man, Dulcie Mainwaring allows her newly arrived niece Laurel all the freedom she desires." . . . . . . . . . "No fond return of love"@en . "No fond return of love" . . "Audiobooks"@en . . . . "Fiction" . "Fiction"@en . . "Dulcie Mainwaring accepts the arrival of her young niece Laurel as a not entirely unpleasant family duty. Preoccupied with uncomfortable feelings for a married man she met at a conference, she is content to let Laurel have all the freedom she desires. Regrettably, her heart will not allow her to extend the same privilege to the distinguished editor -- and troubled husband -- Dr. Alwyn Forbes." . . . . . . . . . . "West Country (England)" . .