Helen has always been the crazy one among the girls of Wyldcliffe Abbey School for Young Ladies, scarred by her bleak past and her troubled relationship with her mother, the former headmistress, Mrs Hartle. But Miss Scratton promised Helen that a love 'beyond the confines of the world' is waiting for her. Could this be Lynton, the mysterious music student who visits Wyldcliffe for his lessons? And what about the brooch her mother gave her - what can the Seal unveil about Helen's past and her future?