Domestic romance set in Northern Hemisphere. For some years Mary Knight has been deceiving her husband, telling him that she has been visiting a friend whenever he was absent from town. A child's illness, a shortened business trip, and a visit from the woman purportedly visited (whose son is in Australia!) reveal the deception. Mary confesses that she visits the children of a hidden former marriage, unrevealed because she feared her husband would cease loving her ... Competent. Loving couple - kindness, restraint, etc. (PB)