In 1952, at the age of 39, he was nominated by the party to be the VICE-PRESIDENTIAL running mate of Dwight D. ... His wife did not wear mink, he pointed out, but only "a respectable Republican cloth coat." ... There, in a model kitchen, he engaged in a debate with Nikita Khrushchev. This widely publicized "kitchen debate" enhanced Nixon's political stature. ... George S. ...
He is described as looking like the god Pan (the god of ): he has rosy cheeks, rough curly hair, and blue eyes precisely the same color as the sky over the moor; he even carries a set of pan-pipes. ... He has been in a crushing depression ever since the death of his wife, ten years before the novel begins. Archibald spends most of his time abroad, since he wants to see neither his house nor his son, Colin because these remind him of his late wife. At novel's end, he undergoes a change of heart after his wife comes to him in a dream. ... Lilias Craven - Archibald's late wife, who ...
