Word: denouement
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...misses a good meal. After the act has run long enough the husband explains that he has known her scarlet past all along, but has kept silence in order to learn the identity of the man who equipped her with it. Then he spits on his hands. The denouement might be illustrated by a diagram showing the stairs which the villain struck as he tumbled down them and achieved a broken neck at the bottom...
...some form or another, given the natures of Peter and Julie, inevitably and substantially would be." Amid shifting scenes- Africa, England, Spain-there is the same shifting conflict of will, purpose and desire as in the earlier book, the same religious controversialism, finishing with an unexpected and startling denouement...
...paint and secures permission to copy a trio of Rembrandts which hang in the family mansion. The discovery that the priceless canvases have been removed from their frames in favor of the copies requires the services of a detective. Nobility is incarcerated in the wood cellar. The subsequent denouement is so uniquely ingenious that no journalistic commentary can disclose it with propriety. Indeed, it is fair to say that the ending is the chief contribution to a consistently competent bit of dramatic entertainment...
...respect, however, "The Cat and the Canary" fails as did its fellow, "The Bat". Both plays cry aloud for a solution from beginning to final denouement, but neither supplies a real clue from which the true secret can be deduced. In fact every effort is made to mislead the earnest spectator to a wrong conclusion. But this is an unimportant detail. Anyone who likes to spend an uneasy, riotous evening, and to observe the instability of his neighbor's equilibrium will do well to visit "The Cat and the Canary...
...original Reserve Act intended for the system. The year in and year out wisdom of the Reserve Act has not been altogether demonstrated in all respects, and it seems evident from events of the past week that 1923 may provide the first fair tests of the system. This denouement should interest the rank and file of the American public as well as students of banking...