BY CLEMENCE DANE This is a story of a clash of wills. How Alwynne Durrand, a sweet-natured, optimistic young girl, comes under the sway of Clare Hartill, clever, attractive, unprincipled, wholly selfish, and how in the end the spell is broken by a man,— this is the author's theme and as she handles it, it is a tremendous theme. Seldom has there been so outstanding a character in fiction as in Miss Hartill. She dominates the entire story, and though the reader cannot like her, nevertheless he will be fascinated by her, much as Alwynne is. And in addition to Miss Hartill there are other clearly drawn people in the book; Alwynne, who is all that a heroine should be; Roger, who saves Alwynne from the unhappiness towards which she seems to be moving, the Elsbeth, Alwynne's aunt, who more than once crosses swords with Clare. The tale is full of incident and variety and cannot but be welcomed by the reader who appreciates a story in which real people move and act. 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