The young wife of a High Court judge who embarks on a passionate affair with Freddie Page. Struggling with emotional isolation and a suicide attempt, she is torn between the thrill of her new lover and the comfortable but passionless stability of her marriage.
Hester and Freddie engage in a turbulent romantic affair that disrupts her existing life.
Hester is married to Sir William, forming the foundational family structure of her life.
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