Mildred involved--almost as a 'Fifth Business' character--in a variety of couples. Julian, the rector whom many thought M. would marry--has proposed to Allegra, the widow of a churchman. Allegra wants Winifred away from her brother Julian and tells Mildred she'd like her to take Winifred as a roommate. Rocky and Helena have big argument--Helena moves out, expecting to move in (it seems) with Everard Bone, the anthropologist whom she seems to love. But Bone has asked Mildred to tell Helena--though she doesn't do it in time--that he does not love Helena and that she must stop acting foolish. It sounds like a comedy, but isn't, because there is a general unhappiness/longing in Mildred. Mousy, unadventurous--she doesn't expect love to come her way . . . but she wouldn't mind. I'm thinking this is headed toward a "she lives alone" ending, not a cheery surprise love/marriage.
Solid opening 30 minutes (we're treating this like a mini-series). O's involvement with left-wing causes . . . rift with Einstein (O thinks of him as over-the-hill and Einstein knows it.) First splitting of atom. Lawrence Lab in Berkeley--Lawrence practical applied physics . . . not O's strength. Main actor is from Peaky Blinders.
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