 The professor is contentedly ensconced in a British university, where he is respected by students and faculty alike.His wife, Anya, an invalid suffering from a progressively debilitating disease, bitterly regrets having been forced to leave her home and her friends and is unhappy with all aspects of her life in England.Her cousin and close friend, Lisa Koletzky, has moved with them to care for Anya and to manage the professor's home.