Lucy Entwhistle and Everard Wemyss are both reeling from recent
unhappiness when they meet and swiftly fall in love. Lucy is Wemyss's
"sweet girl," and to Lucy, Everard is the whole world. The only blot on
Lucy's happiness is the shadowy figure of Wemyss's first wife, Vera, who
died in mysterious circumstances. But it is not until the happy couple
return home and begin their life of wedded bliss that Lucy really begins
to wonder: what did happen to Vera?