When blue-eyed Kathleen O'Farrel became governess to the two small nephews of the Conde de Chaves, it was all fixed up in such a hurry that she had very little time to reflect on what she was doing. The handsome Conde had strict ideas on how young women should behave, and although Kathleen's fearless ap proach to most things intrigued him there was a consequent clash of wills.

But Portugal cast its spell on Kathleen. She was to know a good deal of heartbreak and to change her ideas about many things be fore final happiness was hers.