Shute Nevil. Pastoral

London: Pan, 1964. - 239 c.
Scan 600dpi.The novel was first published in 1944.
Peter Marshall is a bomber pilot in WWII Britain, and Gervase Robertson a WAAF on his airbase. They meet and fall in love, but Gervase isn't sure about their relationship. She has duties to perform that take precedence over individual emotions, and the future is all too uncertain. Peter takes off day after day on bombing missions, and the odds are not good that he will keep returning unscathed from each flight.