北角明園台那幢小洋房，滲透着白蘭的香氣。
香港的夏天真是煞人，家裏兩輛房車又沒有如美國最新流行的款式般裝上冷氣，穿着高領緊身旗袍的解太太， 在暑氣迫人的日子，聽着廣東人蹺口巉手的粗糙語言，還要忍受永遠把家鄉菜餚都煮不出味道的傭人……心情本就是煩悶。高貴得體地把丈夫與外遇所出的私生子當 為己出，硬吞了這個屈辱，對外還得八面玲瓏，為解家存面子。不學無術的大兒子只管呆在美國，還望二女文意能夠大學畢業，將來接手糖果廠的生意，才不枉當初 把自己及外家的錢財一併押到解元忠身上。
那個經文意的同學引薦來當司機的廣東人盧正，土頭土腦的，連容龍、金馬車和蕙羅都不懂，光是生得端正戇直又如何？這天掛上七號波，英皇道都浸了。文意於高中畢業禮後去取今晚舞會穿的裙子，去了整個下午，還未回來，這個盧正又不知出了甚麼亂子…
《輪流傳》裏黃曼飾演的解太太，應該拍前傳。南來上海富戶太太起承轉合的故事，祖父母輩曾經有很多。小上海早已變成小福建，上海太太的傳奇只能與麗池的幽靈同在。
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The above-mentioned Storyline or something similar used to be a classic and commonly used Backbone of and Mainstream for many a locally produced Movies ----- both Cantonese and Mandarin ones ----- that were designed to undertake the sacred Mission of reflecting the general social Status at the Time. I know this may sound far-fetched, i would consider the Role of a Landlady, Mrs. Suen, as played by Rebecca Pan in "In The Love For Love" (花樣年華), an Equivalent of 解太太, although there are Differences between the Two.
I am also reminded of a black-and-white Mandarin Film named "小舞孃", which dates Way back to the mid 50's. One "old" Day, my Mother after collecting me from School took me to see that Film at a Cinema called "旋宮戲院" ----- the Predecessor of "皇都戲院". I remember distinctly that we walked all the Way from my School in Wanchai to North Point (this was no easy Exercise for a very lean Creature like me!!). Why i can still memorise all these is primarily due to the Name of that Film which Kids of my Age would find too sophisticated and difficult to comprehend.
With its hideaway-like Location concealed among the surrounding high Buildings which seem to isolate it from the Vicinity making it a World of its own, yet just a few easy Steps away from the main Road, i think 北角明園台 has never failed to be a nice little Area to live in. It offers a so-called 靜中帶旺 Environment coupled with easy-to-get Convenience and Access to daily Necessities for the Dwellers.
Sometime last Year i had the Opportunity of going to the Place; i walked all the Way up from the Junction of a Street and King's Road. I saw a big Tree growing in the Terrace. I noticed the Place seemed to be a dead-end Street.
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