Much Dithering

The most striking thing about Much Dithering was its peacefulness. The few people who saw it from charabancs on morning or evening or circular drives said: Isnt it peaceful? or Isnt it quiet?. And some said they thought it was a lovely place to be buried in but while they were alive they preferred a place with more life if you knew what they meant.The unlikely heroine of this delightful comedy of manners is Jocelyn Renshawe young widow of the local squire a specimen of human cabbage who fitted into her surroundings so completely that she was hardly noticeable. But shes about to be noticed a bit more-by her jaded much-widowed mother Ermyntrude who breezes in on the look-out for her next conquest; by her aunt and mother-in-law who have decided she should marry Colonel Tidmarsh an elderly (and extremely dull) retired Army man; and by Gervase Blythe a mysterious acquaintance of Colonel Tidmarshs who arrives in town and rescues Jocelyn from a rainstorm before coming under suspicion as a jewel thief.One is safe in assuming that Jocelyn is about to leave her mouldering existence behind but how she does so is the sparkling cheerful plot of Much Dithering.