Concludingset in a single summer dayhas at its heart old Mr. Rock, a famous retired scientist: he lives in a cottage on the grounds of a girls boarding school. Living with him is Elizabeth, his somewhat unstrung granddaughter; his white cat; his white goose; and Daisy, his white pig. Miss Edge and Miss Bakerthe two inseparable spinster harpies who run the schoolscheme to dislodge him from the cottage. Concluding opens with the discovery that two of the schoolgirls have vanished in the night: searching, eavesdropping, worrying, jostling, and giggling all ensue. A love affair, a dance, that magnificent pig, small joys, and low ambitions all stream together, crowding up to the readers eye, as Henry Green brews up an enchanting, heartbreaking, and darkly sunny novel.