Mrs. Hill has never created a more captivating heroine than Marigold, the lovely young school teacher of the gleaming, red-gold hair. So that she might attend a party at the wealthy Trescott home, Marigold felt compelled to buy an elaborate and extravagant dress, of which her mother did not approve. Handsome Laury Trescott was devoted to Marigold, but when her mother expressed grave doubts about Laury's character, Marigold wished that she had not accepted his invitation. After she had had a horrible nightmare, Marigold decided to give up the thought of the party and make her mother's vacation trip possible by returning the expensive dress. Together mother and daughter went to Washington where Marigold made the acquaintance of Ethan Bevan, an attractive young engineer. A scheming woman, a symphony concert, a frustrated elopement, a miraculous escape - all these make complications in lives and emotions that are already tangled.

Review taken from a Grosset and Dunlap edition.