

But in an age when those of 'minority status' were condemned by society and the law, it is safer for this policeman to marry his teacher. Patrick, a curator at the Brighton Museum, is also besotted with his policeman, and opens Tom's eyes to a world previously unknown to him. Unable to acknowledge the signs that something is amiss, she plunges into marriage, sure that her love is enough for both of them.īut Tom has another life, another equally overpowering claim on his affections.

And when he comes home from National Service to be a policeman, Marion, a newly qualified teacher, is determined to win him.

From the moment Marion first lays eyes on Tom - her best friend's big brother, broad, blond, blue-eyed - she is smitten.
