One of the reasons why Carolyn Madison had left England, joining her father in Mexico, was the attentions of Alastair Kendrew. However, she soon began to wonder whether she had no jumped out of the frying pan into the fire! She found herself in immediate conflict with Don Carlos. Carlos told her she was a 'typical product of the permissive society' and Carolyn for her part let him know that 'I am no one of your peons to be quelled by a hard word from the master!' It seemed an inauspicious beginning to their relationship. And yet...