Dara Smith married young. While a good marriage to a good man, she inwardly wished she'd seem some of world before having children and a husband. Falker, for his part, was happy to have a pretty, talented wife but knew she secretly chaffed at being tied down. Falker was as kind to Dara as possible, taking her on short trips when business permitted and buying her books about far-away lands. Still, there was that restless something in Dara...