18 MAY 1951, Page 18

Chapter or Entertainment

Sik—Janus's Biblical references are always welcome and interesting. I agree with him that the short story in Proverbs vii is most entertaining. As one reads it, one can't help smiling with amusement and holding one's breath with anticipation. The young fellow is having a grand time. And then, suddenly, things take anothel turn—" till a dart strike through his liver"! Maupassant himself never fired so sharp a parting