"The Damned of the Damned"

{Welcome to our new fortnightly serial epic, eventually to be merged with our immediately previous serial epic…} "You were wrong, Thad," said Martha. "You were wrong in Grosse Pointe and you were wrong in Gstaad." "But, dear –" "You were wrong in Palm Beach and you were wrong in Palm Springs, too." "I beg your pardon, I admit I may have been wrong in Palm Beach, but in Palm Springs –" "You were…