When the distinguished young man walked into the day coach and asked if there were anyone present who could take some important dictation from a dying man, Astra responded with her usual generosity. Through her skill and tenderness she succeeded in sweetening the man's last moments. This incident, as it developed, was the first chapter in Astra's new life. When she had boarded the train after fleeing from her cousin's house, she had had a few moments of misgivings about returning to her childhood home, but the friendship begun that snowy day on the train was culminated when Charles Cameron spoke his heart on Christmas, and Astra realized anew that through all her adventures and unhappiness a supreme wisdom had guided her.

Review taken from a Grosset and Dunlap edition.