The Washington times., 1922-07-23

exchanges Identification disks
with his dead comrade. Taken
prisoner, by the Germans, he is
released after the armistice. and
decides to begin life over again,
as a Frenchman.
He makes his way back to
Beaucourt. and begins the re-
building Of the ruined cafe.
formerly the home of Manon.
She re-appears on the scene. and
they form a partnership. He is
to reconstruct the inn. in return
for food. shelter. and a small
wage. Convention demanded of
Brent that he move on after re-
building Manon's house, and he
probably would have done so but
for two reasons.
One is the return of Bibi. a
giant hulking fellow who owned
rival inn before the war. and
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Manon's home that he may
nonopolize trade in the rebuilt
village. and the other is that
Brent falls in love with Manon.
Other characters, including NJ.
Clemenceau. are brought into the
story, which from this point on
about equally concerns itself with
the rebuilding of the village and
the development of the love story
of Brent and Manon. OF course,
Brent and Bib engage in prImi-
tive combat for the favors Of
Manon, and as Bib is worsted he
seeks in revenge to discredit
Brent with the villagers.
AS the aftermath of a thrilling
scene wherein Bibis gang almost
kill Brent and are only prevented
from burning down the inn by the
timely Intervention Of the reused
peasantry, NJ. Clemenceau comes
to the assistance of Brent and
aids in his rehabilitation.
The strength of the book is in
the picture IT draws of the ten.
acity of the French peasant for the
bit Of soil he claims as his own.
his pathetic eagerness to rebuild
his home on the ruins left by the
retreating armies. So the villag.
ers honored Brent as the man who
first set to work undoing the raw.
ages of war, and they spurned
Bib from their midst as one who
would destroy what to them was
a, sacred thinR-a home.
HWAY OF REVELATION" is
in many respects the bes
novel concerned entirely with the
war we have read. It is a calm
and lelsurely affair OF certain mem.
bers Of the upper classes Of Eng.
land just before and during the
war. At the Inevitable week.
ends" we get a glimpse Of the well.
to-do English, their thoughts, their
habits. their pleasures, their con-
cern with trivial matters while
war brooded on the Continent.
And later we see the same people
as they reacted to the eventuality
Of the struggle.
The story centers about two
young Englishmen, Adrian Knoyle
and Eric Sinclair, neither of whom
does anything in particular, but
both OF whom vaguely contemplate
looking about" at some indefinite
date. Adrian gets himself engaged
to Rosemary Meynell. beautiful
and accomplished. but with no
great stability of character Eric
falls in love with Faith Daventry.
less brilliant than Rosemary. but
with far more force of character
He weds her while on leave from
the front.
While Adrian is away at war
Rosemary casts her lot with a
bohemian crowd whose high
priestess is Gina Maryon. In con.
tact with this wild pleasure-seeking
coterie. Rosemary acquires the
drug-talSing habit, and also en-.
cages In an affair with Upton. one
Of Gina's satellites. Meanwhile
Faith is hard at work in a hospital.
Eventually Eric is killed in bat.
tie. Adrian and Faith. each suf
fering q great loss, find peace at
last in a mutual love.