Cressida Barkley had a huge quarrel with her fiancé Tom and ran away from the small town of Costweuld to London. She had no doubt that she would easily find work and housing. But it turned out that it is not easy to find a job in the capital, you have to pay for housing, and the money is almost gone. Pride did not allow Cressida to return back to Tom. The situation seemed deadlocked. And then she came across an advertisement in the newspaper: “I will rent a cozy apartment for a nominal fee to a girl named Cressida Lucy.” But her middle name was just Lucy! And Cressida resolutely went to the address indicated in the advertisement, not expecting that this act would change her whole life...

Note 2020: Published under the pseudonym Ruth Valentine, but the author is Dorothy Eden.