18 OCTOBER 1890, Page 26

F'ulvia is an heiress; Ethel, the daughter of a poor

vicar.

Fate favours the rich girl by the malpractices of Nigers father, who appropriates some of his ward's money; so that the young man, taking up the rile generally assigned to the dutiful daughter of a defaulting father, betroths himself by way of making amends. But there are counterbalancing circumstances; first Nigel saves Fulvia's life, and then Ethel saves it again. This is too much to resist, and we have the twice-rescued saying : "I will be brave ; I will be glad for them." The story is not without merit in parts, but as a whole it is almost absurd.