![]() Her plan is to run away to her original home where she and a local boy pledged themselves to each other 5 years ago when they were children. ![]() Penelope Creed is running away – she too is being forced to marry for money – her money, that is, by her aunt who wants her son (Pen’s cousin) to have it. ![]() Later that evening, he leaves White’s with the intention of a long walk to decide what to do, when a young woman dressed as a boy falls literally into his arms. She’s as cold as his brother-in-law has said, and is direct with him that it’s a marriage of convenience – her convenience, that is. When pushed to the wall by his mother and sister to make an offer for a certain young woman whose family is in need of cash, he goes to the woman’s home and interviews her. He’s also good looking, wealthy beyond imagination and extremely bored. The Corinthian, Sir Richard Wyndham, is a dandy in the manner of Beau Brummel – always impeccably turned out. ![]()
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