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...plot remains pretty much the same; both versions are based on the novel by the late John Buchan. The hero (Kenneth More), while strolling in Kensington Gardens, sees a nanny struck down by a hit-and-run driver and pursues her runaway pram. Instead of a baby he finds a gun inside. Next day the nanny, recovered from the accident, visits the hero's flat and announces herself as a British agent who has just about got the goods on a big international spy ring. But when the hero leaves the room to arrange a spot of tea, somebody...
Although the job thus demands high qualifications, Lord Hailes was apparently chosen mostly for political reasons: as Patrick ("Paddy") Buchan-Hepburn he served 25 years as a Conservative Member of Parliament, seven years as Tory Whip. When Harold Macmillan appointed him last May, the London Times took the unusual step of scolding the Prime Minister in its lead editorial. But this week the new Governor General will start his tenure energetically by beginning a five-week tour of the infant nation's islands...
...Governor General is Lord Hailes, 56, who was named a peer early this year after more than 25 years of minor fame as the most elegantly attired M.P. in the House of Commons. As Patrick Buchan-Hepburn, he served as Conservative Chief Whip from 1948 to 1955, was Minister of Works in Sir Anthony Eden's Cabinet. He dropped out, however, when Sir Anthony stepped down and Harold Macmillan took over. His appointment as Governor General did not meet with universal approval. The London Times pointed out that the position of first Governor General calls for a "man with...
With this novel of romance and intrigue, the second son of the late Lord Tweedsmuir, more widely known as John (The 39 Steps') Buchan, takes his own first fictional step. Buchan fils proves that like Buchan pere he can turn a marsh-mallow-weight tale until it is neatly toasted. The setting is India; the set is buna sahib; the time is mainly the '30s; the season is boredom. But at least two men and one woman think there is more to India than what can be seen through the bottom of a gin-sling glass...
...Author Buchan is not one to break up an erotic clinch, but amusing traces of British practicality crop up in the lovers' dialogue (" 'Oh Armin, you've covered me up! You are kind!' 'I was afraid you might catch a chill,' he said.") The husband soon puts a deep chill on the whole affair by taking Laura back to England...