... fact that though he has every chapter crowded, he never makes a surfeit. He is a cook who knows exactly how to arrange his menu so that all may be con sumed. Those who like a mystery and like it well dressed will find in The Carven Ball a mental meal ...

... which he invites the boys to partake of bread-and-butter and cocoa, as if these items must surely have formed part of the daily menu of Lucullus himself. I should think wjth a little revision something might be made of Vice Versa but in its present form it ...