Nurse Helen Cooper is sincerely puzzled. She knows exactly how she feels about the new senior surgical registrar, Dr Tom Russell, and at times she thinks her feelings are returned. But something is wrong He can't be marriedhe's just bought a small cottage, big enough only for one, and he's on his own. Perhaps accepting Tom's invitation to escort her to the May Ball will be a turning point? It isfor Tom finally tells her the devastating truth. It seems they can't be togetherand yet they simply can't be apart