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This story seems to be about a "type," the privileged who have lost their money, but still try to live the same lifestyle. The Beers are an upper class couple who probably lost their money in the Great Depression, but they still want to socialize with the wealthy.

The end of the story is in the narrator's imagination: "We are in a small town in Maine--let's say--and decide to take the family for a sail and a picnic." The narrator finds that the Beers were smart to have continued their privileged lifestyle since they knew inherited wealth would be coming their way to invest ("summertime would come again.")

"Just One More Time" didn't interest me much as a story. I wonder if Cheever may be just trying to make a political statement that everyone may not be looking at the good economic times of the 1950s in the same way. It takes seed money--inherited wealth or a lucrative job--to make a financial killing in the good times. 2.5 stars, rounded up to 3 stars.

"Just One More Time" is story #21 in the collection "The Stories of John Cheever."