Lately, David Beaumont's ordinarily quiet and uneventful life had been very much disturbed. There was the trouble with Mario and Carla, which had culminated in the bank's board of directors demanding that David ask for Bill Mead's resignation. Much as he disagreed, for he believed the young man to be innocent, the best he could do was to postpone telling Bill until the following day as Aunt Mary had requested. Then, there was David's concern for his niece Kitt Calvert, who was suffering from a mental breakdown...