Lord Dalmane, the Earl of Saint Helens, has died, which means that Jim Sandy is at last free to marry his sweetheart, Susan Dalmane, the Countess. But how will they meet again now that Jim no longer lives at Rhodes Castle, having been dismissed by Lord Dalmane? Susans maid, Samantha, however, has a private plan that they should meet again on the romantic Isle of Skye. Following Susan and Jims Hebridean Meeting they quickly become engaged to one another. Their future happiness seems blissfully assured. However, that is not to be - or is it? Jim has unintentionally caused great offence to a friends sister, and that sister is intent on revenge. She finds her opportunity at a sports meeting - and Jim finds that Susan has broken off their engagement. Can anything save their relationship?
In the days when the town of Cockermouth still had a railway line running through it Jim Sandy came one morning to the station. He was a police cadet based at Cockermouth, but he had a plan to travel by train to London to search for a different job. That day, however, his world was turned upside down when he met the beautiful Susan Dalmane, the Countess of Saint Helens, at Cockermouth station. And when Susan offered him an invitation that he cold not refuse he found himself embarking on a journey which was to bring him ultimately to Susan's home, Rhodes Castle.
Eight months after his wedding Jim Sandy was finding, more or less, that marriage was indeed turning out to be the blissful experience that he had hoped it would be. There had, of course, been a few times when they had quarreled, but these petty altercations had never amounted to anything of any significance.
It is the summer of 1961, and Jim Sandy is the new guide at Rhodes Castle, the great ancestral home and seat of the noble Dalmane family, hereditary of St. Helens. Jim, who came down to Dorset from the town of Cockermouth in the English Lake District, loves Rhodes Castle and the countryside of Dorset, and also loves his work as a guide to the visitors of the castle. But he has one problem. His friendship with Lady Susan Dalmane has become very intimate. In the end, their love for each other leads them into an unwise situation, which spells disaster for Jim.
Jim Sandy was sitting in an armchair in the sitting-room of his fathers house in Cockermouth, and in his hands was a printed paper, headed: ANALYSIS of Boring number 5, Carrock Fell. Date of analysis: 4th March 1969. Sitting in the other armchair in the room, facing him on the other side of the hearth, was his father, Arthur Sandy, the manager of the Leadthwaite Mine, while his wife, Susan, and Jackie Sandy, his fathers wife, were sitting on the sofa between the two armchairs. I see weve got gold included in this list of the elements present in the sample, said Jim as his eye ran down a long list of chemical elements on the left-hand side of the piece of paper in his hands. The paper was sub-titled: Elements present in sample: Average composition of rocks. There was also a second column headed: per centage weight. Yes, said his father. And I think, if I remember rightly, that the figure quoted there in that list indicates that gold is present in the sample in a proportion which is really not too bad, all things considered. Gosh! said Susan. So does that mean that you could at last be thinking of starting to mine gold at Carrock soon? Yes, I would say that it really does mean that! said Mr. Sandy. Were hoping to give it a go soon, arent we, Jackie, darling - if we can get the final permission we need before we can start mining operations?
Jim Sandy was sitting in an armchair in the sitting-room of his fathers house in Cockermouth, and in his hands was a printed paper, headed: ANALYSIS of Boring number 5, Carrock Fell. Date of analysis: 4th March 1969. Sitting in the other armchair in the room, facing him on the other side of the hearth, was his father, Arthur Sandy, the manager of the Leadthwaite Mine, while his wife, Susan, and Jackie Sandy, his fathers wife, were sitting on the sofa between the two armchairs. I see weve got gold included in this list of the elements present in the sample, said Jim as his eye ran down a long list of chemical elements on the left-hand side of the piece of paper in his hands. The paper was sub-titled: Elements present in sample: Average composition of rocks. There was also a second column headed: per centage weight. Yes, said his father. And I think, if I remember rightly, that the figure quoted there in that list indicates that gold is present in the sample in a proportion which is really not too bad, all things considered. Gosh! said Susan. So does that mean that you could at last be thinking of starting to mine gold at Carrock soon? Yes, I would say that it really does mean that! said Mr. Sandy. Were hoping to give it a go soon, arent we, Jackie, darling - if we can get the final permission we need before we can start mining operations?
In the days when the town of Cockermouth still had a railway line running through it Jim Sandy came one morning to the station. He was a police cadet based at Cockermouth, but he had a plan to travel by train to London to search for a different job. That day, however, his world was turned upside down when he met the beautiful Susan Dalmane, the Countess of Saint Helens, at Cockermouth station. And when Susan offered him an invitation that he cold not refuse he found himself embarking on a journey which was to bring him ultimately to Susan's home, Rhodes Castle.
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