Poor Diana Bryce was clearly out of luck. First, she discovered a stranger in her house, who accused her of all mortal sins and even forced her to go in the cold and rain to the bed of her dying stepbrother, supposedly head over heels in love with her. And then, when the truth triumphed and Diana had the opportunity to say goodbye to Thomas Williams, it turned out that he took her heart with him. Will fate bring the beautiful rider and the fearless special correspondent of one of the central English newspapers together again?