The heroine of the novel fights for her happiness, but... she only pushes it away. The flesh and mind of a young woman are at odds with each other. The call of the body is muffled by reproaches of conscience, moral prohibitions, and reasons of public opinion. What is this - hypocrisy? Coincidence? Fear of your own judgment? Or, perhaps, love? How selflessly she gives herself to her first love! And how cruelly he reproaches himself for his inability to curb his own passion! The heroine has to go through a lot in search of her path to harmony.

Note 2020: Published under the pseudonym Harriet Gilbert, but authored by Mary Lyons.