In the short story The Bird with the Broken Wing, Roger Graham is the fiancé of Madge Keeley. Madge had invited Mr Satterthwaite to a dinner party at her home Laidell intended to be the setting for the announcement of their engagement. To Mr Satterthwaite, Roger comes across as a pleasant, likeable and matter of fact person. They would, he thinks, make a nice pair: "No nonsense about either of them--good healthy sociable young folk". Yet after dinner, Roger appears distrait, with something on his mind. What follows forms the main plot of the story.
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