A Fairly Honourable Defeat Author:Iris Murdoch Rupert and Hilda are matched; their only worries, a drop-out son Morgan, Hilda's unstable sister just back from America. Enger Julius,Morgan's ex-lover, determined to give Rupert and Hilda's seemingly impregnable marriage a mild jolt. He sets the stae and distributes roles amongst his unwitting cast with unnerving brilliance and high comedy...Un... more »til the last act with its final inevitable but not altogether disgraceful defeat.« less