 In wartime Italy, thoughtful soldier Allen Quinton writes love letters for comrade Roger to Victoria, whom he s never met. He later hears that she and Roger are married, then that Roger is dead. Wounded, Allen retires to his late aunt s Essex farmhouse, which oddly enough is near Victoria s old home...where he s told she, too, is dead. Back in London, Allen meets Singleton, a beautiful amnesiac. Despite mutual attraction, their relationship seems doomed from the start...