Victor

Victor Henry is a Navy officer who is assigned to Berlin as a Naval attaché. He has been married to Rhoda for twenty-five years and though she said she was prepared for the life of a Navy officer's wife, Victor believes she was not. Victor meets a young woman named Pamela Tudsbury, the daughter of a British journalist, and is immediately interested though it is months before he confesses his love for her. Even then, he tells her that he will not hurt his wife.

Victor considers himself a solid, steady person and does not understand his two children who are not like him. When Madeline wants to live in New York, Victor thinks she is too young. When Byron is stuck in Poland, Victor says that he is not going to worry overly much because Byron has the ability to extract himself from sticky situations.

Victor himself...