Philip Friend

More than a decade after a failed World War II mission to catch a spy, an ex-intelligence officer working in a hotel stumbles upon what went wrong.

1941. A blind West country preacher is in love with a local girl but she wants to marry another. Meanwhile the local farmers are puzzled by the sheep that seem to vanish from their flocks.

Uncle Rollo finally retires to the house he was brought up in. Lost in thoughts of his lost love, Lark, he does not want to be disturbed in his last days. However, the appearance of his niece and the subsequent romance between her and Lark's nephew causes him to reevaluate his life and offer some advice so the young couple don't make the same mistake he did, all those years ago.