A refined woman’s romance in Rome collapses over one disastrous surname, exposing class anxiety, vanity, and social pretension.

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Miss Winchelsea falls for a cultured young teacher during a trip to Rome, imagining an intellectual future together. Everything changes when she discovers his surname is “Snooks,” which she considers unbearably vulgar. She rejects him, only to learn her friend Fanny accepts and marries him after cleverly refining the name to “Se’noks,” leaving Miss Winchelsea bitter and alone.