"Bless you, Tremayne, may you see the Preventive men ten minutes before they see you," said the grateful Parson, giving his customary blessing as he accepted the flagon of brandy. Lowen Tremayne's timely rescue of a Spanish woman from a storm-driven shipwreck off the Cornish coast marks a turning point in his life. Meanwhile, the family's smuggling activities attract the attention of a government agency dealing in the murky business...