Olinda Selwyn finds that she must earn some money for her mother who is ill and has been ordered luxuries and medicines by the doctor which they cannot afford. As she is an expert embroider she answers an advertisement in “The Times” from a noblewoman who has period beds which need restoration.
Olinda travels to Kelvedon in Derbyshire, one of the most magnificent and treasure-filled houses in England. There she finds that the Dowager Countess is having a love-affair with a man much younger than herself and that her son, the present Earl, has left England because of his disgust at the situation.
How the Earl returns with a French actress and how Olinda becomes involved in a family drama, how she inspires the Earl and helps him through disillusionment and tragedy is told in this 180th book by Barbara Cartland.
