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Surovyy mayor Stiven Ayvz nikogda ne pital sklonnosti k velikosvetskim koketkam, no proshchal'nyy potseluy, kotorym nagradila yego yunaya Del'fina, ledi Sent-Dzheyms, provozhaya na voynu, naveki zasel v yego serdtse raskalennym shipom. Odnako teper', kogda blestyashchiy ofitser vernulsya domoy ranenym i oslepshim, a imya yego oporocheno lzhivymi obvineniyami v trusosti i maroderstve, smeyet li on, unizhennyy i oskorblennyy, odinokiy i bespomoshchnyy, dazhe nadeyat'sya na schast'ye? Mozhet li on khotya by predpolozhit', chto teper' stal dlya verno lyubyashchey yego devushki yeshche blizhe i dorozhe i chto Del'fina s radost'yu stanet yego angelom-khranitelem?..