'The ladybird' examines the compelling inner power of a war-wounded German aristocrat convalescing in the company of a conventional English officer and his attractive wife. In 'The fox' a young man intrudes on the solitude of two women on a struggling farmstead, setting off a series of events which culminate in tragedy. 'The captain's doll' shows Lawrence's rare lighter side in a tale of infidelity and indecision in occupied Germany.