| Doris Lloyd takes on the character of Miss Maud | | | | Miss Mockeridge. Next month "Ecstasy" will be |
| Mockeridge, English lady romance novelist in the | | | | ready. Six months later "Emma The Passionate" |
| twisty Dangerous Corner (1934 US). Forget the | | | | and in one year "Sleeping Dog".Some time passes |
| plot and surprise ending; just study Maud.(Virginia | | | | and the partners gather for a dinner party where |
| Bruce as Ann, Melvyn Douglas as | | | | Maude's new novel "Sleeping Dogs" brings a foam |
| Charles)Publishing partners Ann and Charles are | | | | of questions about truth. The title is based on an |
| also romantically flitting around each other, though | | | | old proverb meaning don't disturb the |
| this has been pushed aside in the busyness of | | | | truth.Charles: "Which the chief character, the |
| manuscripts and authors.Opening scene: Ann is | | | | husband, insisted on disturbing with strange and |
| about to host a breakfast interview on her | | | | disastrous consequences."The truth is questioned |
| apartment balcony for Romance author Maud | | | | by all. Ann: "Well there's truth; and then there's |
| Mockeridge. The English lady novelist has already | | | | truth."A bagful of views on truth and complete |
| published "A Flame", "Scarlet Flowers", "Burnt | | | | truth is unloosed. Arguments arise and Maud is |
| Wings" and "Paradise For Two". Over kippers and | | | | mentally taking notes of the situation. Perhaps she |
| toast they discuss her new book "Ecstasy" and a | | | | is adding to her mind's collection of notes for |
| possible contract before Maud travels back to | | | | future novels? She leaves with a Miss Marple style |
| England.Charles arrives unexpectedly before Miss | | | | "Goodbye" thus showing her dislike of |
| Mockeridge and lighthearted romance takes place. | | | | unharmonious gatherings.Maud Mockeridge is a |
| The maid answers the door to the famous dame | | | | wonderful example of the 1930's style romance |
| of love.Ann, anxious about being discovered with | | | | author... refined, sophisticated, unhurried, and |
| a man in her apartment before breakfast | | | | sought after by a sighing following of women. |
| declares to Charles: "Stand in the middle of floor | | | | Publishers wooed her. Not crimped by the winds |
| and look innocent."Charles: "Yeah, that's our great | | | | of today's frantic marketing, she was free to do |
| trouble. We are innocent. All we ever do is stand | | | | what authors do best. She just wrote!Full graphics |
| in the middle of the room."Maud Mockeridge's | | | | version hereEsmerelda Jones... Writer Of |
| bosom rises in poetic moral amusement: "I came | | | | DesiresAuthor of: The Higher Self expressed in |
| in a minute too early. He lingered a moment too | | | | Ancient Wisdom, Beauty, Goddess Sensuality, |
| late in fond farewell."She adds in haste: "I have | | | | Golden Wealth, Poems For The Passionate, |
| my own moral code. It's quite simple. Two baths | | | | Ecstatic Romance. Writings of the struggling |
| a day and mind your manners."Later that morning | | | | Lower Self in tales of Victoriana, Victorian Swoon |
| Ann joyfully announces to her publishing partners | | | | Flash Fiction, Old Curiosities, Bushrangers and |
| that she has secured a three year contact with | | | | Quaint Collections. |