The Little Lady of the Big House

Dick Forrest awakens in a dim, efficient bedroom that feels more like a command center than a ranch house. Buttons control lighting, climate, and a quiet phonograph while a distant fountain murmurs outside, and the low bellow of his champion bull, King Polo, drifts on the wind. He moves through his morning with practiced ease—cigarette in hand, proofsheets before him, a Chinese servant bringing coffee on a copper tray. The routine is punctuated by his plans to showcase King Polo on the East Coast circuit, a goal that drives his every thought.

Beyond the steel and screens, a portrait of a young woman hangs above the instruments, her smile a quiet contrast to the machinery. As Dick prepares his modest breakfast of eggs, grapefruit, and bacon, a subtle tension builds: the house is orderly, yet something unseen seems to linger in the shadows of his orderly world. Listeners will be drawn into a landscape where ambition, technology, and a hint of mystery intersect, promising a story that unfolds beyond the morning ritual.