23 JUNE 1923, Page 19

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The love of an Italian for the Irish wife of an absent English husband should not be a dull subject, and by completely subordinating everything to the two main characters the author really leaves a vivid impression of them on the mind. The scene varies from Rome to Capri, and if Miss Fulton is a little inclined to exhibit her knowledge of Rome and her pleasure in the sunlight of Capri, the writing is sufficiently distinguished to make it a pleasure to those who have not seen them. The development of her theme is rather long drawn out, though always perfectly consistent, and the tragic climax seems reasonably inevitable.