In the story “Babylon Revisited” the main character, Charlie has lost custody of his little girl Honoria to his step sister and her husband. He has returned to Paris in hopes of regaining his daughter along with Marion and her husbands approval. Throughout the story there are different times where Charlie tries to prove to Marion and her husband that he has been rehabilitated. At one point they have the following conversation among them two along with her husband, “I only stayed a minute. I take one drink every afternoon, and no more.” “Don’t you want a cocktail before dinner?” Lincoln asked. “I take only one drink every afternoon, and I’ve had that.” “I hope you keep to it,” said Marion (Fitzgerald 701). One of Charlie's largestest problems
