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Excerpt from An Emergency Husband
Always an eccentric man, he had made an unusual disposition of his estate. Holding that every woman needed a man's guidance throughout her life, he made it a condition that Gwendoline should be engaged and married within a specified time before She could claim the fortune he had to bequeath. Should these conditions not be fulfilled, the whole estate was to be equally divided between his wife's nearest relatives. Gwendoline was feeling resentful at her uncle's provision. She recalled the few misunderstand ings she had had with him, all to do with her vaunted independence of spirit. She used openly to boast that She never intended giving her life into the keeping of any man. They had argued the question together several times, each claiming a victory for their own Opinion. N ow, from out the grave, her uncle sought to compel her to strike her colours and own herself defeated. It was, indeed, humiliating to one of her proud young Spirit. Had he only left her enough to live on in any case, it would not have mattered. But, if She failed to carry out his wishes, she would get nothing.
She had met few men while an inmate of her uncle's home. He preferred a quiet life.
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