Amy Fox , a friend of Margaret Griffin, the novelist, travels to Leymouth.Then she asks to a gentleman about bus transport and the man proposes to carry her to the farm of Margaret's son Daniel.Finally Daniel and Amy arrive together to Margaret's house.Dorothee no seems very happy of the visit of Amy.The gentleman told that he was interested in a country house in this place of Cornwall.Daniel explains Amy that since his father had left the house, his mother is quite sad.The gentleman takes contact with the bank to buy the country house near Margaret's house.Some hours after, as Daniel and Amy were walking a man in paragliding nearly shocks with them: it's Robin Duncan, a former lover of Amy who works at the bank and is now putting Margaret under pressure.Then Amy knows that the kind gentleman is James Milton, Margaret's husband.