About Mrs. Leslie

A rooming-house landlady recalls her past in flashbacks. Rooming-house landlady Mrs. Leslie reminisces in flashbacks about her past as a cafe entertainer and her involvement with the mysterious George Leslie, who originally hires her as a vacation "companion" but tells her nothing of his life outside the vacations. In subplots, Mrs. Leslie's tenants and neighbors carry on soap-opera lives. —Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>