BUT ONCE A YEAR

<p>Mrs Meldon is entertaining her usual party for the Christmas week. The pleasure is not however unalloyed. The difficult Aunt Topsey is among the guests and the easily offended Uncle Ned is expected. The couple detest each other. Moreover Mrs Meldon’s daughters are not on the best of terms. Olivia the elder is strongly attracting Tony Martley a young artist who has generally been regarded as her sister Ann’s future fiancé...</p>