12 JANUARY 1924, Page 20

A story of two brothers, the younger of whom seems

unable to "draw the line" at anything until the end of the book. Being engaged to one girl, he keeps another girl in a London fiat, cruelly deserts her and causes her, suicide, what time he pursues higher game (titled and married game this time) in Devon. Then the elder brother, who has con- sistently sacrificed himself for the scapegrace, "draws the line," sending one of his brother's titled love-letters to the lady's husband, and thus clearing his own path to the girl his brother is engaged to, with whom they are both in love. The personality of the elder brother, conscience- stricken at this one dishonourable action, is excellent, and so are the pleasant glimpses of West Country scenery.