The Grace family had appeared that long-ago summer as if from another world Mr. and Mrs. Grace, with their worldly ease and candour, where unlike any adults he had met before. But it was his contemporaries, the Grace twins (Silent, expressionless Myles, and fircy, seductively poised and forthright Chloe), who most fascinated Max. He grew to know them intricately, even intimately, and what ensued would haunt him for the rest of his years and shape verything that was to follow.