A Lost Lady (1923) is about the decline of Western pioneers in the era of booming capitalism ushered in by the Transcontinental Railroad. It is set in the small town of Sweet Water, about Marian Forrester and her husband, Captain Daniel Forrester.
". . . . . . . . . Come, my coach! Good night, ladies; good night, sweet ladies, Good night, good night."
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