Jaffery Chayne is a huge, loud, generous war correspondent, and his return to his circle of friends in England brings with him a wild young wife from the Balkans who has no idea how to be a lady of fashion. The book follows the friendships, jealousies and literary ambitions that tangle around them, told by a friend who watches it all.
Locke wrote it in the last peaceful years before 1914, and it keeps the humour and sentiment that made him a favourite of his day. Download the free EPUB.