Proud, beautiful Georgina Gressie secretly marries a young naval officer, Raymond Benyon, then hides the marriage, gives up their child and demands that he keep silent. Years later, on duty in Italy, Benyon meets the gentle Kate Theory and her sister Mildred, and finds himself bound by a promise to a woman who has made her own rules.
A strange, sharp 1884 novella in which James turns melodrama into psychological study. Download the free EPUB.