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Discretion Is The Better Part

Gilbert Adair PEGGY ASHCROFT by Michael Billington John Murray, .£15.95, pp.312 P eggy Ashcroft's poise was her fortune: it could have been insured at Lloyds for some fabulous......

Much Gained In Translation

Francis King THE FOUNTAIN by Charles Morgan Robson, £12.95, f7.50; pp.431 THE RIVER LINE by Charles Morgan Robson, £10.95, £5.95; pp.227 L ike Galsworthy's and Hugh Wal- pole's,......