Red Pottage was described as a brilliant novel of the year and a worthy successor to Diana Tempest. In the opening chapter, Lord Newhaven discovers his wife is having an affair and challenges her lover to a duel where they draw paper lighters. The shorter lighter must be drawn to kill oneself within six months.
The most brilliant novel of the year is Miss Chumlee's Red Pottage, a worthy successor to Diana Tempest.
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Red Pottage was described as a brilliant novel of the year and a worthy successor to Diana Tempest. In the opening chapter, Lord Newhaven discovers his wife is having an affair and challenges her lover to a duel where they draw paper lighters. The shorter lighter must be drawn to kill oneself within six months.
The most brilliant novel of the year is Miss Chumlee's Red Pottage, a worthy successor to Diana Tempest.
In the opening chapter, Lord Newhaven, having discovered an intrigue between his wife and Hugh Scarlet, challenged the latter to a novel form of duel.
Taking a couple of paper lighters from the mantelpiece, he holds them out to Scarlet.
Whichever of them draws the shorter of the two must kill himself within six months.
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