'Love has never entered into my scheme of things. In fact, I wouldn't think of marrying a woman who was in love with me; her demands would both irritate and bore me.' So spoke Carl van der Linden on proposing marriage to Sara, whose heart was given to another man anyway. Marriage seemed a constructive way of sloving both Sara's problems and those of Carl...but neither had given a thought to the risk of falling victim to the other's charms.