Very traditional, but for that reason very satisfying account of naive young Englishman's journey to France just after Waterloo, his entrapment by a beautiful woman and his close encounter with death. I;m not sure whether when I read it lately I was rereading it or it was so traditional I could just foresee every move of the plot anyway, but nonetheless very agreeable. Very colorful, especially the scene of the exotic fortuneteller at the party. ( )