A Pin to see the Peepshow II

Julia and Herbert get married and he joins up, but has a safe posting. She goes on working, and is pleased to have her own flat. But when he comes back from the war, she begins to find him irritating. She meets a young man who is a sailor, and who has been going out with Elsa. They start an affair. Leo is away at sea a lot so they write to each other. Julia begins to long for escape from her marriage and they begin to imagine ways that they could be together. They don't have much time together. Herbert becomes aware of the relationship and begins to give his wife a hard time.