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A beautiful, clever, spirited girl, daughter of an English clergyman, emigrates to Australia after his death. On the voyage she meets Martin Jeffries who she marries only to be mistreated and beaten. She leaves him and takes a position as governess only to meet the man she truly loves. It is twelve years before her husband is reported dead - and then she must wait to see if her lover is still true ... (PB)