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Biographers have speculated that the Rosie Driffield character was inspired by Ethelwyn Sylvia (Jones) McDonnell (1883 - 1948), daughter of playwright Henry Auther-Jones, with whom Maugham had an eight-year-long affair culminating in her rejection of his marriage proposal.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rogal |first=Samuel |title=A William Somerset Maugham Encyclopedia |date=January 12, 2024 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |year=1997 |location=Connecticut, USA |pages=112}}</ref> "The great love of Maugham's life was undoubtedly the warm, gentle, maternal, sexy Sue Jones."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Meyers |first=Jeffrey |title=Somerset Maugham: A Life |date=January 11, 2024 |publisher=Knopf |year=2005 |pages=77}}</ref>