Dorothy Gale a nurse first meets Mark Harrison in unusual circumstances following a brutal attack on him in the street with Dorothy as a witness. Later when she decides to accept a job abroad she meets him again. Events become tangled and although it is clear Mark Harrison loves her she appears to look down on him for being of a lower class to herself. They marry but nothing is plain sailing. Not the sort of romance you would find today but one which has certainly more bite to it than many contemporary mills and boon novels.