The offspring of a profligate scoundrel and a drunken circus performer, Aleck Severn was born inside a prison\'s walls after his mother stabbed his father to death.
What is he doing during those long nights alone at a remote house? And what connection could it have to the.
But she begins to suspect her husband has a dark secret.
Severn shows no outward signs of inheriting his parents\' faults: a handsome, affable man about town, he is popular with his friends and beloved by his wife Marianne.
The offspring of a profligate scoundrel and a drunken circus performer, Aleck Severn was born inside a prison\'s walls after his mother stabbed his father to death