Nurse Mary Gordon left her hospital to join her stepmother, Lucy, in Malaya.She was devoted to Lucy, recently so tragically widowed, but the mainpurpose of her visit was to learn first-hand the circumstances in which herfather had died. The first person she met in Malaya was Dr. Malcolm MacLeod,whose studied reserve contrasted to markedly with the charm he unguardedlyrevealed - a charm which Mary was to find irresistible. Yet why dod theresidents of Pulang Dal ostracize this tall young Highlander in charge ofthe native hospital? Why was Lucy worried by Mary's growing friendship withhim, and why did her father's handsome partner, Rupert Vyner, seek to bringabout his dismissal? This is an enchanting story of a man who, inobstinately refusing to justify his past, nearly broke the heart of thewoman who loved and trusted him.