The story line starts by having the girl (Jenny) sat upon a hill writing a letter to her lover at war. Through this piece we see her having flash backs of times she has spent with him. She sees her self being presented with flowers by him and then him going off to war and her saying her final goodbyes. The audience then see’s Jenny walking through a small yet old fashioned town and posting the letter she has written for her love into a red letterbox after this she walks off into the distance.

After this you see her working in a old fashioned house as a servant girl, you observe her brushing the floors. She then hears a knock at the door and goes to answer it. She receives a letter saying that her husband was killed in action during his time in France. After receiving the letter you see her sat in a chair crying over the loss of her husband and her now coming to terms with becoming a widow.

One night walking home she stumbles across a German solider who orders her to take off her clothes, after she refuses he attempts to rape her. A young man steps in and orders the solider to let go of her. After a small yet aggressive fight the German solider finally leaves and the young boy escorts her home. With time the two become closer and closer when they finally become a couple.

After the two love birds have spent much time together he finally gets the courage to propose to her. She is shocked and unprepared for the proposal and asks him if she can have time to think about it. She then questions her late husband and feels its wrong to accept the proposal. She walks to the grave she has had made (although no body was found) and lays rose petals and begins to cry. After a while she decides it would be best if she did accept as she finally realises her late husband isn't coming back. She runs back to the boy and announces she accepts.

After the wedding between the two of them she finds out she's carrying a child. She has to give up work and focus on making sure this baby is safe. After a few months she finally gives birth to a beautiful baby girl. Life is going perfectly for them when there is a knock on the door and in arrives her late husband. She feels over joyed by the return of him and runs to hold him, she begins to cry into his shoulder. After a few moments she realises the effect this will have upon her small family and becomes very disorientated. Her husband then walks in and questions her about the "stranger" thats appeared from no where.

After finally seeing William (late husband) out of her house she goes to bed and begins to question whether she has made the right choice to marry her new husband and become so deeply involved with him.

After thinking throughout most of the night she decides to arrange a meeting with William. The next day she finds him and tells him to meet her on the bridge at 2am. The next night she grabs the child and sneaks out of the house without him knowing. She then runs to the bridge to find William stood waiting for her. They instantly rekindle there love and run away to start a whole new life together with the child.