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The Cut-Glass Bowl
de Francis Scott Fitzgerald
Ellipses, 1992, 63 p.
Our story begins with an afternoon social visit, a visit to a young, beautiful, socially desired young wife by a rather curious, old gossip, Mrs. Roger Fairboalt. The reason for the visit was simple; she was curious. She wanted to see the young beauty, she wanted to see her home, the "things" in the home, and she was curious about the rumors of an affair that had circulated around town between the young wife, Mrs. Piper, and a certain Mr. Freddy Gedny. The two women, as different as they were, were both quite schooled in small talk. They talked of the furnishings, and the china, and then Mrs, Fairboalt zeroed in on one very specific item, that being a very large, cut-glass bowl. Evelyn explains that it was a wedding gift from a friend, someone she saw socially before becoming engaged to her husband, and then she explains the peculiar story behind the gift.
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