Pendergast (Richard Gaines).Joe offered a parting gift ("peace offering") to Connie as he was about to move out and journey o Africa in a few days: "Just a sort of genuine top grade cowhide traveling bag with all the accessories" - and she was flabbergasted by his generosity and attentiveness, but said she had o refuse it because her fiancee Mr.Philadelphia society looks forward to the wedding Saturday of Mrs.Tracy Lord Haven, former wife of C.K.Dexter Haven, and Mr.George Kittredge.The Ceremony will take place at the house of Mr.and Mrs.Seth Lord, the bride""s parents.Tracy""s matronly and formal mother Margaret Lord (Mary Nash) is involved with the preparations in progress a little over wenty four hours before the big-scale wedding and reception.He angrily asked about the CIA""s efforts to get him: "Why are you trying to frame me?" She also admitted that Abbott ran Treadstone and "Conklin reported to him," and that the Berlin sting buy had "something to do with a Russian politician [Neski].Although the film was not a commercial success upon its release and criticized as sentimental soap-opera, it attained well-deserved status as one of the greatest films of its kind.