Word: claverian
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...step towards internationalism and the universal brotherhood of man. Naturally, Mr. Wells is aware that this bald doctrine would be a bitter pill in the throats of a typical film audience. So he tempts the crowd with a Graustarkian love affair: all about how Paul, though heir to the Claverian throne, began life as the son of a simple U. S. garage-owner-how he met Margaret Harting, the daughter of a pacifist lecturer, and loved her. Then duty called. Someone had been assassinated. He returned to Clavery and met (a) the villain, Michael, would-be usurper of the throne...
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