Thomas Fairchild (John Williams)’s Timeline and Summary

Thomas Fairchild (John Williams)’s Timeline and Summary

  • Thomas, an English chauffeur, marries a cook; they have a daughter, Sabrina.
  • They move to America to work for the Larrabees.
  • Thomas' wife dies.
  • Sabrina develops a huge crush on David, one of the brothers Thomas works for. David barely notices her.
  • Thomas arranges to send Sabrina to Paris to learn cooking, and to forget David.
  • After two years, Sabrina returns, and is so chic that David falls in love with her immediately.
  • Thomas is worried for Sabrina. He continues to worry when Sabrina switches her affections from David to the other brother, Linus.
  • Linus and Sabrina end up going to Paris together. You never learn what Thomas thinks of this.