Midsummer MagicPhilip Hawksbury, the Earl of Rothermere, obeying his father's dying wish, hies himself to Scotland to offer for one of the daughters of the Earl of Ruthven. Warned of the earl's arrival and his mission, Frances Kilbracken disguises herself as a bespectacled dowd to avoid being chosen by him. But choose her he does, and for all the wrong reasons. When the newly married couple returns to England, Philip dumps Frances at his ancestral estate and heads back to his old life in London. Then guilt drives the earl home, only to discover his wife's deceit -- and begin an uproarious battle of the sexes. |
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... London , he'd realized that most gentlemen , married or not , kept mistresses . But how could he , with a wife dangling on his sleeve in London ? He couldn't , wouldn't embarrass a wife in that way . Neither little Viola nor well ...
... London , he'd realized that most gentlemen , married or not , kept mistresses . But how could he , with a wife dangling on his sleeve in London ? He couldn't , wouldn't embarrass a wife in that way . Neither little Viola nor well ...
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... London very shortly , he told himself . At last he had managed to make her despise him . Frances fumed and paced in the estate room , cursing him in the most colorful lan- guage she could remember from her father's verbal rages . " Ho ...
... London very shortly , he told himself . At last he had managed to make her despise him . Frances fumed and paced in the estate room , cursing him in the most colorful lan- guage she could remember from her father's verbal rages . " Ho ...
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... London would laugh behind their hands at him were he to intro- duce her to society . Seeing you , my love , will certainly open his eyes . " Open his eyes to do what ? Constance won- dered , beginning to think her coming here was a vast ...
... London would laugh behind their hands at him were he to intro- duce her to society . Seeing you , my love , will certainly open his eyes . " Open his eyes to do what ? Constance won- dered , beginning to think her coming here was a vast ...
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