Barbara, the new secretary at Wyck Manor, makes lists while Fanny Waddington drifts in and out with tulips, humming Schubert. Horatio Waddington, pompous, amorous and busy with a book of his own, believes the village and his household adore him; Barbara’s clear eyes and the neighbours’ laughter tell another story.
A sharp social comedy from one of the most interesting novelists of the 1920s. Download the free EPUB.