Published in 1980 in Archer's A Quiver Full of Arrows by Hodder & Stoughton, it is the tale of two undergraduates at Oxford in the 1930s and their bitter rivalry that ends in a tragic love story.
One fine morning in June before their retirement, William, studying the clue, filled in the eight boxes left incomplete by Philippa.
The news of her death was conveyed and the story ends with Sir William's suicide note (he shot himself with his pistol): "Forgive me, but I had to let her know".
There was the volume of the work of John Skelton held open in one of his hand with the word Whym Wham underlined neatly, his fingers stiff and cold around it.
[6] On May 10, 1987, Love Song, a two-part Masterpiece Theater presentation, was produced based on the story, Michael Kitchen as William and Diana Hardcastle as Phillippa.
"[10] On May 2, 2015, Kansas based The Big Bang Theater performed Marathi adaption of Old Love called Priya Ulka: Fakta Tujhyasathi at Regnier Hall Auditorium at KU Edwards Campus.