![]() ![]() ![]() Both girls determine that Simon shall be Rose's-and almost too late, with Rose in London shopping for her wedding, Cassandra realizes that it is Simon she loves, while Rose loves Neil. They are fascinated by the whole unlikely thing-the old castle, the girls, the identity of Mortmain, whose one great novel Simon knew. Rose wishes on a devil-and two Americans, Simon and Neil, appear, lost en route to the property Simon has inherited. At the moment, the family is stale-mated-the father refusing to write, the stepmother able to pose only once in a while, Rose, beautiful and despairing of meeting anyone eligible to marry, even their friend, the librarian, can offer no solution. The story is told in diary form by Cassandra, middle child of novelist Mortmain. The author of popular theatrical hits, Autumn Crocus, etc., has produced a first novel, a gentle, genteel story of English eccentrics, kindly Americans, and an artless, unworldly background that has no current feel. ![]()
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