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Motherless Willis McLeod has grown up with the twins on the neighbouring property, Gwen and Marjorie Carslake. After they all return from university Willis appears to be interested in Gwen, the prettier of the twins. It takes an unheeded warning and a flood to reveal his true feelings.
When Veronica Southcot learns that her past love, Geoffrey Wilmott, is in town she goes to his hotel to meet him. When he fails to recognise her she realises the time has come to put her needs before those of her demanding daughters.