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CHEAT-THE-BOYS?Eden Phillpotts??? Macmillan ($2.25). There were two women in Warner Lidgate's life : Betsy Neck, whom he should have loved; Gilyan Neck, whom he did. "Cheat-the-Boys" is the endearing nickname of Gilyan, who tosses the hearts of the youth of Devonshire about in a manner more piquant than kindly. Gilyan meant well by Warner, but the strings of their amours only became the more evolved, despite the timely arrival of Harold Lidstone, cousin from the city. Sunshine, ample-blossoms, cider, a deft and graceful style, carry the docile reader through unhurried pages of reflective charm...
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