The Violet Girl

Working as a telephone operator on the nightshift David Lau received some calls from a woman for a David and agrees to a blind date Wearing a violet on his lapel David mistakes someone else for his date Jennie Lee a stranger comes calling at the hotel addressing a bewildered David with an intimacy that is familiar and awkward Mok Yufuk the selfproclaimed Sherlock Holmes follows Jennie but gets robbed Lau received an invitation to Jennies birthday party The guests acting strange at the party Jennie and Lau take a stroll along the beach Jennie suddenly hurls herself into the sea in a run Five years ago when Jennie was having a hearttoheart talk with her fiance David Wong on the beach her neglected brother ran off to the sea and drowned himself Suffering from a nervous breakdown ever since Jennie was devasted by the departure of her fiance to America The hopes Jennies parents are pinning on the new David to boost their daughters recovery are merely wishes