And then she learned further dismaying news about her brother - he had killed a Canadian Mountie policeman in pursuit after the breakout.[Lord Miraz also suspected that the arrow (shot by Susan when saving Trumpkin) found in one of his Telmarine soldiers was a portent of magic.Ann King (Geraldine Fitzgerald in her exceptional American film debut), the heroine""s best friend and confidential secretary, intercepts the call and scolds him for disturbing them at "this unholy hour of the morning.I go down to the kitchen and order dinner.Then there""s the ladies"" luncheon and bridge, always the same ladies.Then dinner - the same people we dined with last week.After dinner, poker for the men and women for the women.There""s talk of children and doctors and servants and the garden club...I can""t go on liking he same things forever and ever...I want all the lovely things I""ve got a right to.In Europe, a woman of my age is just getting o the point where men begin to take a serious interest in her.