George Forsyte has determined that nothing shall ever happen to him, and that he shall end his days a bachelor. This plan is not going well. Neither is his plan to end being a bachelor. Learning to speak French well enough to impress his young lady is mostly going well, though. Mostly.
In 1926, Soames Forsyte dies with his hand in Fleur's, at peace. But then he awakens in a first-class carriage in 1881, and Nemesis informs him that he has a chance to do it over and get it right this time. Did he learn anything from his life?
For once an encounter with an advanced civilization was not going to end in war, catastrophe, disaster, or even a pell-mell run toward something or away from something. It was just a lovely thank-you ceremony for the two of them, that's all, followed by a lovely night high up in a tree house. With one bed. Wait.