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Helen R. Hull follows Ruth, a young woman who runs a bookshop, through the oppressive heat and emotional disturbances of a summer day. Her work, her independence and her feelings about Allen become difficult to keep in separate compartments.
Customers and visitors move through the shop while Ruth struggles with the expectations placed on her. The routines of arranging books and managing a business bring her ambitions into focus, but conversations expose attractions and grievances that practical activity cannot resolve. The building pressure of the weather accompanies the uncertainty of the relationship.
The story’s romantic conflict turns on the difference between the partners people imagine for themselves and the person who actually unsettles them. Hull brings this tension to a direct confrontation and declaration. First published in Collier’s in August 1925, this complete short romance preserves its source illustrations and the original edition’s production material.