\'You looked for a moment as if you might be going to smile at me, \' he remarked. .. .
Anna, however, doesn\'t reckon on the return of Jimmy Pearl .
Anna\'s parents die and her brother and his wife sell the family croft, forcing Anna into a loveless marriage with the heartless Fergus.
She carries the memory of their meeting through to adult life - a life that is full of hardships. \'But I see I was mistaken
I suspect your smiles are precious and you hoard them so they are seen only by very special people.\'Anna is a child living in a remote Hebridean community when she meets the enigmatic and romantic Jimmy Pearl. \'You looked for a moment as if you might be going to smile at me, \' he remarked