"Myra Meets His Family" is a work of short fiction by F. Scott Fitzgerald first appearing in The Saturday Evening Post on March 20, 1920.
Myra Harper briefly attends Smith College for a semester, enjoys romances with a number of young army officers during The Great War, two who die in training or combat.
Myra sets her sights on Knowleton Whitney, an attractive boy whose family is wealthy; he quickly succumbs to her charms and falls in love.
Unbeknownst to Myra, Knowleton's parents—his mother in particular—are determined to see their male heir and only child marry into British royalty and perhaps procure a noble title for the family.
They rent a manor house, hire theatrical performers to appear as chauffeurs, butlers and maids and well-dressed dinner guests, creating a phony version of the Whitney estate.
Just before departure, she tells Knowleton that she has left her traveling bag with "Cousin Walter" and must make a phone call to have it sent forward.
Moments later she rendezvous with the "Reverend" Walter: the marriage was a hoax, entirely unbinding, arranged by Myra as sweet revenge against Knowleton.
[7] According to biographer Matthew J. Bruccoli, Fitzgerald may have compared "Myra Meets His Family" unfavorably to his story "The Ice Palace", considered one of his finest works of short fiction.