Word: deviled
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...former subject of the empire that the sun never sets on, permit me to apologize for a fellow Britisher. That letter of uninhibited Canadian Reader Barton plainly reveals that the poor devil's condition is congenital...
...setting the Hiltons, their two daughters, son, maid and terrier on a frolic for 16 lively hours. Forsythia and iris are blooming, and to love all hearts turn lightly save that of the Hilton's cleaning woman who ominously declares: "The first spring day Is in the devil...
...Even Mrs. Hilton (Gladys Cooper), sensible matron that she is, entertains a fleeting fancy for a returned rubber planter. And, most unexpectedly of all, Roger Hilton (Philip Merivale), a financier impeccable of manner and noble of mien, has a weak moment with a flashy actress. By midnight, however, the devil has been safely sent packing...
...first, the famous "Knight, Death and Devil", mediaeval characteristics predominate. A knight is seen riding to battle, haunted by a leering Death dangling a symbolic hour glass...
...third, "St. Jerome in his Study", the composition is kept extremely simple. No superfluous details are to be found, all attention being directed toward the solitary figure of tremely simple. The mysticism and confusion of "Knight, Death and Devil...