

Sally Lunton returns to her guardian's house in Little Crampton with the express goal of landing the new bank manager. But her pursuit is complicated by a rival, an old beau, a mysterious stranger, & the scheming town gossip. Sally is a likeable character adept at poking fun at people's foibles, but the unoriginal story gets bogged (get it?)down by old-fashioned mores. Fine overall, but perhaps not all books lost to history need to be re-found.