A MAN who saves his friend and successful rival from the appearance of guilt in a somewhat mysterious crime, is a new sort of character. Not that there was any crime after all, but the circumstantial evidence might have hanged the man.
David Blake forfeited his self-respect, however, when he was prevailed upon to sign a death certificate of the truth of which he could not be sure. And when he found that his best friend had played a horrible joke on him the blow to his nature was too great. David's struggle against a condition of mind that gradually verged to insanity, and the effort that a brave woman made to help him, provide the story. Patricia Wentworth introduces some novel psychological features. In his dreams David lives with his wife and loves her; in his waking moments he knows nothing of the wonderful night hours they have passed together. But little by little Love gains its reward, and when the time for explanations comes, David is ready to claim what is his already.
