About the book: 2004 / Half-sisters Rose and Sylvia come from England to the town of Morigny on the coast of France, where they meet Monsignor Saint-Guy, his bride Flor and cousin Blythe. Sylvia and Blais begin an affair. The warm relationship between Rose and Saint-Guy is perceived by Flor as an obstacle to a profitable marriage, which she strives with all her might to remove..