Rebecca (novel) something happens.'" Du Maurier and her husband, "Tommy Browning, like Rebecca and Maximilian de Winter, were not faithful to one another." Subsequent to the novel's publication, "Jan Ricardo, tragically, died during the Second World War. She threw herself under a train." Childhood visits to Milton Hall, Cambridgeshire (then in Northamptonshire) home of the Wentworth-Fitzwilliam family, may have influenced the descriptions of Manderley. The famous opening line of the book "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again." is an iambic hexameter. The last line of the book "And the ashes blew towards us with the salt wind from the
1997 du Maurier Open 1997. Chris Woodruff and Monica Seles won the singles titles. It was Seles' first Tier I title of the year and her seventh overall. It was her third consecutive title at the event after winning in 1995 and 1996. Chris Woodruff defeated Gustavo Kuerten 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 Monica Seles defeated Anke Huber 6–2, 6–4 Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes defeated Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien 7–6, 6–3 Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis defeated Nicole Arendt / Manon Bollegraf 3–6, 7–5, 6–4 1997 du Maurier Open The 1997 Canadian Open (also known as the "du Maurier Open" for sponsorship reasons) was