Lucy has lived with her grandparents at Pheasant Cottage since she was a little girl, but she has dim memories of someone else. Who was it? What are her grandparents hiding from her?
Ruth is good at skipping her housework jobs to play with her brother Philip, planning wild schemes to raise money for the camera they both wanted, or just being rude to Aunt Margaret. There seemed to be no end to her mischief until the day she actually did run away.