Fate rarely smiled on Olivia. Her father died without leaving her and her mother a penny. They had to move from Dorset to London, to live with their grandmother, who was not at all happy about such parasites. Olivia had a hard time finding a job at the hospital. The salary was not very high, but, not having money to get an education, Olivia was happy with this kind of work. And in the hospital she met the surgeon Haso Van der Eisler, and this meeting filled her dull life with bright spring colors...