Hell or High Water

Helen's family estate is going on the market. She and her mother can no longer keep up the property, so selling it is unavoidable, but Helen has strong feelings about who should buy it.

Her mother favours a sale to Jarret Manning, a writer who travels constantly and seems to have no roots anywhere. To Helen he is an outsider with no respect for the history behind the house.

But the argument over the house soon proves to be the smaller problem. Jarret also threatens her engagement to Charles, and it looks as though he may win.