Two years ago Rudolph Brink had shattered Janey's life and broken her heart into the bargain before deserting her. To do him justice,he had not known that she had had his child - and now that he did know he was insisting that they should marry. But although he was prepared to go so far to make amends, it was to be a marriage in name only, and meanwhile his old love, Sybil Rampling, seemed to be as much a part of his life as ever. And certainly he seemed neither to realise or to care that Janey still loved him. What hope had she of ever finding happiness with him?