John Emmerson was a lonely man. He had a wife, a son, friends, but he was isolated from all the people and events about him by the tragedy of his past. Then he met Cissie, and for the first time his loneliness eased a little.
Cissie was everything his wife Ann was not. She was warm, and compassionate, and generous. And she was quick to sense the needs of a desolate, unhappy man.
But Cissie was also a young poor, and with a young son to support. And John Emmerson was one of the town's leading solicitors--a man of importance whose every move was watched by the local dignitaries...