It would only be for a term, Jessie's parents assured her, when she learned that she was to be sent to stay with Miss Mackie in London. But when she arrived at the large, musty old house in the square there was no sign of the other pupils with whom she was supposed to be having lessons, and Miss Mackie was always too busy to talk to her. As Jessie wandered disconsolately through the square, she suddenly came upon the neglected, moss-covered statue of a young girl. Who was she? And who was the strange old woman, dressed in rags, who seemed so pathetically anxious to become Jessie's friend? Abruptly, Jessie's new life changed again: she found herself going to school and becoming involved in classroom friendships and jealousies. while the atmosphere at Miss Mackie's was enlivened by the arrival of the intriguing Mrs. Henry, an actress. But she still found herself drawn to the statue, whose identity she knew was somehow inextricably linked with the mysterious children's voices she frequent