Publisher's Synopsis
IF YOU WERE TOLD THAT IT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO APPROACH ME WITH SOME SHOW OF LOVEMAKING, YOU WERE BADLY ADVISED. OURS WOULD BE A MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE. The only question which hangs over the life of Sir Richard Wyndam, notable whip, dandy and Corinthian, is one of marriage. On the eve of making the most momentous decision of his life, he is on his way home, a little worse for drink, when he chances upon a beautiful young fugitive climbing out of a window by means of knotted sheets -ans so finds a perfect opportunity for his own escape.
