Laurie visited her friends Mya and Harley and attempted to describe her confused state of mind: "I""m not me.The Wife hurriedly selects a pretty dress and bonnet from her closet, changes her clothes, and kisses her baby goodbye.However many questions you ask, you never expect an answer." In her dressing room, they discuss his negotiations to sell the Duchess""s memoirs and "life""s secrets" to be printed in theGazette Parisienneas "The Life and Loves of the Grand Duchess Swana of Russia":We won""t have to worry about our future if you""re willing to raffle off your past.And this was screenwriter/producer James Hill""s first film as a full member of the newly-named HHL (Hecht-Hill-Lancaster) production company (formed in 1953) - but it became the company""s first major box-office failure.