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The novel opens with the marriage of Lucy Graham, a beautiful, doll-like blonde who enchants almost all who meet her, to Sir Michael Audley, an old, rich, and kind widower, in June 1857.

Lucy was a governess for the local doctor, Mr. Dawson.

Until her marriage, Lucy was in service with Mrs. Vincent, and besides that very little is known about her past.

Around the time of the marriage, Sir Michael ’ s nephew, barrister Robert Audley, welcomes back to England his old friend, George Talboys, who has returned after three years of gold prospecting in Australia.