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When Lucy Piddock meets Arthur Goodrich her family and friends think it is the ideal match, but Lucy remains lukewarm. She holds out for Dickie Dempster, the dashing guard she fancies, who works on the newly constructed railway. Prompted by Lucy's rejection and another row with his father, Arthur leaves home for a new life in Bristol, leaving Lucy free to pursue her dream of happiness with Dickie Dempster. Only when tragedy strikes does Lucy begin to understand which way her true feelings lie, by which time it is surely too late...