Word: gulian
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Score--Dartmouth 1922 21; Harvard 1988 0, Touchdowns--Wilson 3, Points after touchdowns--Collins 3, by place kicks. Referee--A. R. Ayer, Colby. Umpire--R. M. Sanborn, New Hampshire. Head linesman--M. Gulian, Brown, field Judge--C. C. McCarthy, Georgetown. Time--four 15-minute periods...
While he is at the Eyre's place up the Hudson, trying to forget, Gulian meets Lael Sartori, moody and bitter debutante, whom he finds amusing. He meets her again at Sister Brasilia's, falls in love with her. Unfortunately, she misunderstands him and turns him down. So he goes back to New York, bitter...
That very night comes the crash. His brother Philip has been speculating with embezzled funds. He puts this information in the hands of Gulian, then shoots himself. Gulian is left with the nasty problem of saving the family name...
...nasty problem, it is also the salvation of Gulian. His father is too old, so he must take charge of the situation. With rare skill he keeps the disgrace from coming into the open. He frees Drusilla from Perry, leaves her disengaged for Vannya. And he himself marries Lael...
...Significance. Mr. Burt's novel tries to view the contemporary scene and to make some interpretation of it. "Work," says Gulian, "work that fills every crevice of your passion for work; love, as much a part of you as your breath; and a background of quiet beauty." It is a fair formula. But how much of it would Gulian have fulfilled without accident? He himself tried work of various sorts and did not find ,that it filled every crevice- just to take one of the three. Nevertheless, it is an interesting, serious, first novel. At times...