Kit Shelfanger relishes his solitary life in a secluded farmhouse in the rugged English countryside, but the sudden appearance of his nephew Jamie and Jamie's ambitious and passionate wife leads to disaster...
Originally published under the nom de plume Peter Curtis (London: Macdonald, 1943).
A story of the effects on a severe introvert whose cherished solitude is shattered by two unwanted guests. Norah Lofts wrote this novella under the pseudonym Peter Curtis.