Description
Seven years after he was all but destroyed in his quest to take possession of the Pindar Diamond, merchant Paul Pindar returns triumphantly to England. Now one of the wealthiest merchants in London, he brings with him his wife, Celia Lamprey, the Englishwoman with whom, after many vicissitudes, he has at last been united. But all is not as it seems. Celia is frail, and their marriage is childless. Pindar arranges for Celia's old friend, Annetta, to join them as Celia's companion. But Annetta arrives to find that another woman, the widow Frances Sydenham, has insinuated herself into the Pindar household, and has a mysterious hold over both Celia and Paul.