It was in the last war, as men fought and suffered, and lived in the hope of going home. Now, after almost a year in the mud of France, Alan Trent has come home, home to the lovely English country house where he was raised, and home to his childhood sweetheart, Kitty Vane. But just as he and Kitty decide not to waste another minute and get married the next day, Alan's leave is cancelled and he has to go back to the war effort that evening.