After the death of her invalid father, Miss Carroll had been left alone, and so here she now was, on the approach to a big grey stone house on the Jersey coast, far away from any memories, where she had chosen to start her life again. In her pocketbook was a letter, from Doctor Edward Preston, a psychiatrist, concerning her engagement as governess to his seven year old son, Bobby. His mother had lost her mind after the death of her eldest son, and Miss Carroll is to be Bobby's constant guardian...