Character Interview: Lenore Seldon

 Character Interview: Lenore Seldon

Where Is Papa’s Shining Star?




TWP: Today we welcome Lenore Seldon, administrative
assistant to Alan Ashley who was with us a few days ago. Tell us about
yourself, Miss Seldon.




LS:  There’s not much
to tell. I graduated from business school and worked ten years for retired
Judge Arthur Sutherland until his death.




TWP:  Then you went to
work for Alan Ashley, right?




LS: Not right away.




TWP:  Can you explain
that?




LS:  I’d rather not.
Those intervening years aren’t pleasant to remember.




TWP:  But now you have
a good job.




LS:  Yes.




TWP:  What is it like
to work for one of the most prominent entrepreneurs in America--and
one of the wealthiest and most eligible bachelors?




LS:  I’m grateful for
employment. So many don’t have work. The Depression, you know.




TWP:  Right, but back
to Alan Ashley…he’s quite handsome.




LS:  He’s my employer.




TWP:  Can’t he still
be good-looking? Have there been other men in your life?




LS:  Not really. I was
engaged briefly to the boy next door, but he died in France during the war.




TWP:  And Alan Ashley
lost his eyesight in the same war.




LS:  Yes, but he
manages very well.




TWP:  He says you’re a
great help to him.




LS:  I do my best.




TWP:  Since you live
in, you must spend a lot of time with him outside of the workplace.




LS:  I don’t know how
it happened, but we have breakfast together and then dinner every night.
Sometimes after dinner I read aloud to him, or we listen to music. But I’m
well-chaperoned. His housekeeper Mrs. Swane lives in. And I’m going to get my
own place when I get a bit ahead.




TWP:  He won’t like
that.




LS:  It’s for the
best.




TWP:  Is he easy to
get along with?




LS:  For the most
part. He still bears some bitterness about the loss of his sight…but mostly
because it was the reason his fiancée broke their engagement.




TWP:  Have you met
her?




LS:  Briefly. It was
unpleasant to say the least. However, she’s very beautiful…very elegant.




TWP:  Do you see your
working relationship with Alan Ashley transitioning into something more
personal?




LS:  Oh, no, it can’t!
I have…responsibilities.




TWP:  Can you share
what those responsibilities are?




LS:  No. No, I can’t,
and if thinks this interview will get him the personal information I have a
right to withhold…




TWP:  Nothing like
that, but be honest. Aren’t you the least bit interested in him, woman to man?




LS:  I can’t be. You
don’t understand. He’d never understand either. I’m sorry, but you’ll have to
excuse me. I must transcribe some notes into Braille before his meeting
tomorrow morning.




TWP:  All right. We
understand. Thanks for stopping by.






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