In The apple tree, John Galsworthy tells the story of Asherst, a
middle-aged man who once goes to a village with his wife. While
being there he remembers that 26 years ago just at that place, when
he was a young man and just graduated from the university, he met a
young girl, Megan by name, whom he fell in love. He promised to
marry her and they decided to go away together. The next day he
went to Torquay for money but there Asherst met his old friend,
Phil Halliday by name , who invited him to spend a day with him and
his sisters. Then the author passes on to say that Asherst fell in
love with Phil’s sister Stella. The story ends with Asherst’s
desire to look at the farm where Megan lived. There he meets an old
man, who tells him that Megan commited a suicide because of unhappy
love.
