In the summer of 1913 at Newport, the narrator, a young companion to little Gladys Rossiter, has lived nearly a year in the circle of the powerful J. Howard Brokenshire, known to his family as the Great Dispenser. When the old man decides to dispense his favour on her, she and the tutor Larry Strangways are caught up in pride, money and love.
A popular wartime novel of class and conscience by the author of The Inner Shrine. Download the free EPUB.