In Wakefield's small hospital, Carla lay unconscious, as she had when she had been brought in the previous day by Dr Lewis and Aunt Mary. The girl's face was as white as the pillow on which her thick, dark hair was spread. Only Carla herself could have told who was responsible for the brain concussion from which she was suffering - but until she recovered consciousness and told her story, the townspeople were free to speculate as to what had happened...