She is almost deaf and she lip-reads. He is an ex-convict. She wants to help him. He thinks no one can help except himself.

Benjamin is in love with Manette, the innkeeper’s beautiful daughter, but she has no intention of giving in to the young doctor until she sees the marriage contract, and marriage…

Hubert de Tartas’ life becomes a complete muddle when his wife’s grandfather is unearthed after having spent 65 years in frozen hibernation in the polar circle. After being de-frosted, the…