About the book: year / Mr. and Mrs. Bixby lived in a small apartment somewhere in New York City. Mr. Bixby was a dentist of average income and short stature. Mrs. Bixby was a large, energetic woman with a good appetite. She had a wealthy lover, a certain gentleman known as the Colonel. They met twelve times a year, not too many, and therefore could hardly get bored of each other. Eight years have passed. After another date, the Colonel gave her a Christmas present of six thousand dollars - a coat made of Labrador mink fur. The letter announced the end of their relationship. But how will her husband perceive her return? She recklessly decided to take the fur coat to a pawnshop.