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Almost everyone likes the new, fresh-faced teacher at school, Mr. Traill, a hit with the students and teachers alike. One exception, however, is fellow teacher Vincent Perrin . An acknowledged mediocrity, he fears that an unfavorable comparison to Traill could easily cost him his job. He privately confesses his anxiety to the school's headmaster , who in turn blackmails Perrin into serving his own sinister ends. The novel that established Walpole as one of the most notable English novelists of the first quarter of the century
First published in 1911, this reprint 1939, Penguin Number 132, Slight spine lean, coves clean and unmarked, previous owners name inside front
