Publisher's Synopsis
MAX FRERE sat in his private room in the inner recesses of the large premises known as 'Freres'or more correctly, 'Frere and Son.' He looked and felt considerably older than when we first saw him nearly, very nearly, a year ago. His glance was less rapid and more guarded; his smile rarer and less mocking; his manner a little more considerate; his cheek less embrowned by the healthy exercise of frequent holidays. Yet the past had been a very successful year with Max. He had, to his father's delight, really thrown his whole mind into business, and soon evinced a rare capacity for it. He had a genius for detail, which yet did not narrow his grasp of broad principles, and was at once bold and prudent-an unusual amalgamation which forms the ideal business man.
