The Great Divide

After more than a year spent denying the existence of the most irregular triangle since the scalene, one of the sides gave in. Leaving Husband Richard stranded with Actress Elizabeth Taylor in neighborly suites at London's Dorchester Hotel, Sybil Burton flew to New York with her two daughters, Kate, 5, and Jessica, 3, and announced tersely that "all arrangements, financial and otherwise, have been concluded" for a separation.

Divorce, she insisted, has not been discussed or even considered. But up until three months ago, she had insisted that separation was also out of the question. Sybil Burton, silver-haired at 33, was clearly giving up on her 14-year marriage. Though Elizabeth Taylor Hilton Wilding Todd Fisher might find it premature to start the ritual of divorce or send out her towels for a new monogram, since Burton, however separate, is still a married man, things were definitely looking up. From Eddie Fisher, still Liz's husband of record, there were only yawns. His comment, as issued by his official spokesman: "This is a tiresome thing, and I am sure people are getting fed up with it."

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