emphasized textPhoebe Brook hadn't planned to take a nursing job in Holland, still less under false pretenses. But when her sister Sybil decided to get married instead of going to work for Dr. Lucius van Someren, Sybil persuaded Phoebe to take her place.

With Lucius's son Paul so hostile, and Paul's governess signaling Lucius as her property, Phoebe really didn't need to compound her problems by falling in love -- but she did.