Summer Charade
That is what all this is about, Maria. Money! It is the reason we came to this dreary house, so that Papa could arrange good marriages for us all! In Georgian England, arranged marriages were commonplace, and a practical way of repairing a family's fortunes, but when Miss Christina Harpollet learns she is to be sacrificed upon the matrimonial altar, she decides to take matters into her own hands. Christina's conduct plunges her into a series of adventures, from which she is finally extricated by the kindness of Lord Malshangar and his family, but even when Miss Harpollet thinks berself safe, her erstwhile suitor is seeking a terrible revenge.
