Ella had always admired the work of Robert Trewe, but when she finds herself sub-letting his appartment, her love of the poems starts to become a love of the poet.

When Squire Petrick's dying wife admits that their new born child is not his, he takes steps to see that the boy is disinherited - but soon begins to regret his decision.

A case of mistaken identity leads to a passionate romance between Agatha and Oswald; but when Oswald goes to India on a scolarship, it seems to be the first in a series of events that conspire to keep them apart.

On a wet and windy night, three strangers turn up at a young girl's christening party.