Perhaps there is hope for Roman Winterfield after all. When he unexpectedly joins her family and his on holiday in France, Alexandra Viana becomes aware of a few changes in the man she and her sisters secretly referred to as "The Ogre." Soon, however his distasteful qualities resurface in all their revolting grandeur, and Alexandra is left perplexed when he appears to win the good graces of her family. Adventure and treachery abound in this classic story of love and misjudgment, an absorbing sequel to The Journey, Volume I of the Viana Memoirs.