Quite a compelling novella: Dulcima is the homely if exotically named eldest daughter of a lowly rural family. When a car crash puts her in the way of miserly old farmer, Parker, she insinuates herself into his cottage and becomes his housekeeper. But working out how to get paid- and a bit more too- by the unlovely but increasingly smitten Parker isnt enough. With a new hairdo and her first nice clothes...and a handsome young gamekeeper about...things start to happen... ( )