The Country Gentleman Author:Fiona Hill SURELY A WOMAN OF WORTH -- AND MEANS -- SHOULD HAVE NO NEED OF MARRIAGE — Miss Anne Guilfoyle was indeed most pleased with her independent life among clever London society. And what if a few wagging tongues called her a "bluestocking" and clucked that at twenty-eight she'd already scuttled her chances of matrimony? — But when s... more »he suddenly lost her fortune, Anne's life changed completely. She was forced to retire far from the London scene -- in distance and spirit -- to her inherited farm in Linfield.
Still, it didn't take too long for Mr. Henry Highet, the bumbling and blandly good-looking gentleman farmer next door, to offer a most radical proposition -- marriage!
Yes, she would marry him as a business arrangement, Anne said. But the deal became much more of a risk than she had imagined. And not even her quick London wit could save her helpless heart....« less