Hold Me Fast, Don't Let Me Pass Summary

Hazel is a widow in her fifties, who has decided to travel to a town in Scotland where her husband Jack sometimes stayed in his youth, during the war, before he met Hazel. She stays at the same hotel where he secretly met a young girl called Antoinette. She meets Antoinette, but she does not seem to remember Jack. She also meets Antoinette's friend Dudley Brown, to whom she seems to be romantically attached. Hazel explains that she wishes to visit Jack's aunt, Margaret Dobie. Dudley Brown offers to drive her there. However, it is Antoinette who drives Hazel, claiming that Dudley has too much to do, and insisting on leaving early. She then takes her time getting to Miss Dobie's house.

When they do arrive, Hazel meets Judy, Miss Dobie's...