The shadow in the rose garden

The shadow in the rose garden is the story of husband and wife who could not love each others and enjoy the fruits of marriage. There was some misunderstanding between them. They did not open their hearts to each other for some reasons.Her old lover was a military officer.

They could not marry as the military officer was sent to North Africa where he was reported to have died. After that she met the engineer Mr. Frank who liked her and married her without inquiring about her past.

The wife could not lover her husband whole heatedly because her unfulfilled love kept her mentally disturbed. He could not understand why his wife tried to avoid him. The reality dawned upon him during their visit to a seaside village. After three years of marriage the wife had brought her husband there to revive her memories of love affair with the military officer.

One day she went secretly to see the beautiful rose garden where she used to meet her old lover.

When she was sitting on a bench in the rose garden she had a chance meeting with her old lover who was still alive but had gone mad. She recognized her rising on his finger. But she was shocked to know that her old lover could not even recognize her.

Now she realized her folly of not loving her husband for the save of her old lover. Who was mentally deranged. In this way a little incident changed the whole course of marriage couple life.