To Terry, stranded in the middle of Malaya with an unknown Englishman, the only way of getting to her destination was to go through a local form of marriage ceremony with him - after which, he assured her, the marriage certificate could be destroyed, and no one the wiser. If Pete Sternham was right in thinking that things would work out so simply, Terry felt tempted to grasp in desperation at the opportunity—but what if he were wrong?