The Reverend Augustin Ambrose, an ageing vicar tired of coaching dull young men through Thucydides and conic sections, takes one more pupil into his quiet English parish. The village is stirred by the arrival of Mrs. Goddard, a reserved widow with a small daughter, whose past and nervous glances at the window hint at a secret.
A gentle village novel by the American master of romance, showing his range beyond his Italian tales. Download the free EPUB.