Jack and Betty Barbour, sunning themselves on an over-sized blue air mattress besides the swimming pool at the sky ranch, have politely avoided a touchy subject because, until now, they've not been alone. But under the cabana, Hazel is now collecting her knitting, and Betty isn't keen on her to leave because she doesn't want to talk to Jack really - until he has read an article she has asked him to, about divorce, and the danger of the middle years.