Miles Devereux and Paris Rivenhall met at Eton and formed a bond almost immediately. It continued as they grew, despite their lives going in different directions. Paris was a wealthy earl and Miles, as a second son, was destined for the army. The night before Miles is to ship off for Salamanca and the fight against Napoleon, they declare their feelings for one another.
Colonel Miles Devereux returns from Salamanca years later, broke and wounded, still thinking of the promise he made with Paris. A doting great-aunt takes to looking after him while he writes to Paris, with no reply. It's as if Paris has disappeared, until Miles receives word he has been put in an asylum by an unscrupulous cousin. Now it is up to Miles to rescue him.
