Try as she might to find happiness in her marriage with Mr Carlyle, Lady Isabel must battle with two strong emotions.

She's harbouring her jealousy of Barbara Hare, plus her attraction towards the handsome Captain Levison.

Mrs Henry Wood's novel dramatised by Michael Bakewell.

Mrs Henry Wood ... Rosemary Leach
Lady Isabel ... Moir Leslie
Mr Carlyle ... David Collings
Francis Levison ... Anthony Edridge
Miss Cornelia ... Maxine Audley
Barbara Hare ... Julie Berry
Emma Mount Severn ... Margaret Ward
Mrs Hare ... Joan Matheson
Justice Hare ... Brian Hewlett
Richard Hare ... Kim Wall
Lord Mount Severn ... Stephen Thorne
Joyce ... Jo Kendall
Dill ... Tim Reynolds
Wilson ... Betty Huntley Wright
Little Isabel ... Bernadette Windsor
Thorn ... Paul Gregory
Young Lord Vane/Pierre ... Sean Arnold

Director: David Johnston

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1987. Show less