OFF THE BRIDGE AND INTO THE SEINE A life was in the balance. Twenty-one year old Annette perched on the rail of the Paris bridge, thinking of plunging into the surging, angry Seine River, and ending her misery by ending her life. But then, the eccentric, rich Englishman named Dick Le Geyt happened by and convinced her that life with him was better than drowning. Though he later gives her wedding ring to keep up appearances, he does not marry her. But then Dick Le Geyt, falls very ill and dies, making Annette swear not to try and kill herself. But before he dies, Dick asks her to sign a hasty will that may spell doom to Annette's hopes of future happiness and the love of a man named Roger. When Dick dies, she inherits a true friend, Mrs. Stoddart, who cared for him. But Annette also inherits the threat of awful scandal!