Henry Stephenson

A London barrister’s marriage is under strain after his affair with a shopgirl who is out to have him. The story is told in flashback.

A World War I veteran returns home after fifteen years in an asylum and finds that everything has changed — his daughter is grown and about to marry.

Tom Collier has had a great relationship with Daisy, but when he decides to marry, it is not Daisy whom he asks, it is Cecelia. After the ...