As far back as Alice Davenport could remember, her Papa had impressed upon her that she had duties--to look after her younger brothers and sister when Mama was "excitable and unwell." And when Alice was 14 and Mama died, Papa stressed her duties even more, for as an army doctor he was leaving them all to go and fight the Boers. But when Captain Davenport returned to Southport, it seemed as though Alice's life was going to begin at last. For...