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The plot of this novel is surprisingly unique. Some of the situations are so startling as fairly to take away the breath. The incident of the motor car in the first chapter does not seem to be anything unusual until the last paragraph of that chapter is reached. The difficult situation in which the Man finds the Woman is only the fore-runner of a series of such dramatic denouements as make the intrigue which is the main thread of the story interesting to an intense degree. The beauty of the heroine, her delightful mentality, her quickness of wit and perception, are all charming features of the story. And there are romantic hillside love scenes, with kisses colored by the sunset, and the daintiest of wooings and cooings with always a mystery and a fearsome shadow in the background. F. F.