Swann picked it up and handed it back (with his fingerprints on it), as Tony resumed his story.Ideally, he was hoping that their affair was over:Anyway, that did it.It must have put the fear of God into them because the letters stopped.And we lived happily ever after.His story, a series of embarrassing marital details, had been about his unfaithful wife's affair, and his voluntary abandonment of his sole means of income - his tennis career.] Another creature was identified: wise old Maurice (Karin Konoval), a smart orange orangutan who had set up a school and was teaching younger apes.Later, to incorporate he missing content of Steinbeck's lengthy novel, a more comprehensive six hour-plus film adaptation was produced - this versionEast of Eden (1981)was a three-part ABC miniseries adaptation of Steinbeck's massive novel.Ironically, the farmer's young child cowers in terror in his mother's arms at the sound of all the gunfire.