Frank Trask, a Maine lobsterman is approached by Alan and Marjorie, children of Vernon and Bernice Townsley, who seek their mother's grave. They claim she lived in a lighthouse, which is impossible. The siblings' memories present contradictions. The words of One-eyed Bennie merely confound. Bernice Jennings is the daughter of wealthy Bostonians. Vernon Townsley is a Kansas farmer who-unable to enter college-enlists in the Army and is wounded in France...