An elegant, timeless novel, full of truly British humor! Mildred Lathbury is one of those “remarkable women” whose virtues everyone takes for granted. For friends and acquaintances, she is a true gift from heaven. Unperturbed, full of common sense, Mildred is able to easily cope with any problems: she knows how to deliver a child and see her off on her last journey. She can also arrange a truly English tea party, organize a wedding, a charity bazaar and, perhaps, good weather to ensure that everything went flawlessly. But the problem is that more and more often Mildred is inevitably drawn into the vicissitudes of other people's lives, especially into the complex relationships of the new eccentric neighbors, the Napiers. It would seem that she just needs to maintain strict neutrality. But the sarcastic Rocky Napier, it seems, can no longer do without Mildred’s company, and she herself thinks less and less about the vicar, whom everyone predicts will be her husband, and day after day she waits for tea from her brilliant neighbor...