"The Chords of Youth."

Bates revives the character of Aunt Leonora (introduced in the 1965 story "The Picnic") in this comic novella in which she entertains a visiting German, mistaking him for an old flame.

Linguistic confusion, abundant food and wine, and a pompous English bureaucrat contribute to the humour.

In The Four Beauties (1968), A Month by the Lake & Other Stories (1987).