Word: balloon
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Ives, and using the knowledge of the duel as a weapon, helps to make the story interesting. St. Ives goes back to see his Flora and is pursued by the cousin and the police. As the meshes are closing around him, he makes his escape to France in a balloon, clears himself and all ends happily, as is fitting in such a romance...
...book pretends only to amuse and it does not fail to do this. The characters are unique and the situations anything but commonplace. The last chapters are written by Mr. Quiller-Couch, after Stevenson's notes, and the stirring adventure of the balloon escape is well managed...