First published in 1929 and now public domain in the US and Canada Ursula Parrot''s Ex-Wife begins: ''''My husband left me four years ago. Why I don''t precisely understand and never did. Nor I suspect does he. Nowadays when the catastrophe that it seemed to be and its causes are matters equally inconsequential I am increasingly disposed to the belief that he brought himself to the point of deserting me because I made such outrageous scenes at first mention of the possibility.''''