Diana Part II

When his wife is killed, John joins SOE. He speaks good French and learns how to kill and how to survive undercover in France. Then to his amazement, Diana turns up again. She is still living in France. She tells him that she is being asked to persuade him to take part in a Resistance attack. She is married to a wealthy industrialist, who has been collaborating in France for years. He believes in fascism, as it means that he can make more money under a fascist government. SOE wants to get into his factory to get hold of some documents. Diana works for them, but she would need help with this difficult task. Jan does not want to undertake it. He does not know whether he loves or hates Diana. When she comes to see him, he can see that she is in a highly nervous state and he's not sure she is up to undercover work. He agrees in the end to do the job with her and is flown into France. Diana's husband is Yves De Royden. He has a cousin, Raoul, who is disgusted at Yves' fascist beliefs and who is in the Resistance. With Raoul's help, Jan and Diana embark on kidnapping Yves to force him to hand over some papers which will be valuable to the SOE. Things go wrong and while they get away and get the papers, Yves is killed and this raises a hue and cry. Jan is injured. Back in the UK, Diana realises that she is now a widow, and free to marry again. She tells Jan that Yvonne, her daughter is his child. She became pregnant by him just before her father killed himself - and that was why she panicked and married Yves. They plan to get married. Diana is reconciled with her mother.