In England, the hell and horrors of the Great War are slowly receding, but the scars remain... With an American tenant ensconced in the Tietjens' ancestral home of Groby, Christopher and Valentine, now domiciled together in a rural cottage, must attempt to negotiate the hazardous terrain of peacetime. Whilst he immerses himself in his antique furniture business, she privately harbours deep concerns regarding the future of their unborn child. For even now, the shadow of Sylvia - Christopher's estranged wife - still looms...