Beautiful darkhaired Lily has been abandoned in a Birmingham slum as a tiny child. With few clues as to her identity she endures a childhood of loneliness and l... » 

Beautiful darkhaired Lily has been abandoned in a Birmingham slum as a tiny child. With few clues as to her identity she endures a childhood of loneliness and loss. At eighteen she applies for a post as nanny with the family of a Captain Fairford a soldier in Ambala north India and his highly strung wife Susan. Lily is drawn into the emotional life of the Fairford family and adores her charge twoyearold Cosmo. «