SimonHaldaneworksintheofficeoftheFaulknerIronWorks,buthehasbeenraisedbyhistwomaidenauntsinanextremelyshelteredmanner,andisbasicallyafraidofeveryoneandeverything.Onemorninghefindsastrangegirlshiveringinhisbedroom,andalthoughhe'sterrifiedofher,hemanagestocalladoctorforher.ThisstartsarumorthatSimonismarried.Complicationsensue.