Synopsis
The Astonished Heart
$8.99 Published by Samuel French Inc
4 Male 3 Female
In psychiatrist Christian Faber's drawing room sits his weeping wife and his sad assistants, waiting for the siren Leonora
In four flashbacks the story emerges: Leonora, a girlhood chum, visited Christian's wife and was introduced to him
She set out to capture her friend's husband but was captured herself
She threw him over because of his jealousy
He jumped out of the window
Leonora has come because Christian calls for her on his death bed
She returns slowly from his room to announce he has died and that his last words were tender ones to his wife, for whom he mistook Leonora