More Stately Mansions Summary

The narrator and his wife, Anne, are welcomed to their new home by their neighbors, Grace and George. Grace dominates the conversation with home decorating while George yields to his wife. When the narrator goes to a certain spot, Grace stops him and tells him that that's where a certain piece of furniture goes.

Grace suggests changes for Anne's house. When the narrator and Anne drop off an old filing cabinet that Grace requested, they are shocked to see that the house is in shambles. The narrator sees that the filing cabinet is for the files she's been making from old magazines and clippings of her dream home.

George reveals over time that he's in trouble financially and can't help Grace with the house. When Grace is in the hospital, George tells the narrator and Anne that he has...