Ford Madox Ford | Akateeminen Kirjakauppa

The story begins just before World War 1. Two couples who seem perfect encounter tragedy. The story unfolds in a series on flashbacks. The narrator tells of the illness and death of three of the characters and the fourth who goes insane. But what we first think is later proven to be untrue. The illness is fake, and the relationships have hidden agendas A suicide marks the tragic ending of the story.