VeraLucy Entwhistle and Everard Wemyss are both reeling from recent unhappiness when they meet and swiftly fall in love. Lucy is Wemysss "sweet girl," and to Lucy, Everard is the whole world. The only blot on Lucys happiness is the shadowy figure of Wemysss 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?