New York: Dutton, 1973. dj. Hardcover first edition - The second book in the Mallen trilogy, focusing on Barbara, the illegimate daughter of Squire Thomas Mallon - a beautiful young woman, but a true Mallon in her wilfulness and hot temper. As her beauty grew, so did the affliction which shadowed her: now, the impoverished ward of her former governess, she was becoming more and more deaf. Uncommon in the first US trade edition. 282 pp. ISBN: 0-525150722.