Stella arrives at Hallows Farm after bidding farewell to her love, naval officer Philip. Agatha, a recent Cambridge graduate, will experience a new kind of education on the farm, while Prue, a Manchester hairdresser, is unaccustomed to manual labor after her lively city life.
Anne Bruneau Knihy
A social comedy about the unfairness of the sexual emotions, and how it affects the orthodox patterns of English married life. The two couples in the story have two things in common - a skill in the duplicity that flourishes even in happy marriages, and an invitation to the Farthingoes' ball.