Mellie has a plan
Mellie Smithson is trapped in the country with no suitors and no prospects
on the horizon except, perhaps, the exasperating—although admittedly
handsome—guest of her father. She's looking for any excuse to go to London
to meet more eligible men.
Trevor has a problem
Trevor Anaedsley's grandfather has cut off his funds until such time as he
gets engaged. Trevor escapes to the country—ostensibly to visit his old
tutor Mr. Smithson but actually to duck his creditors—where he meets
Smithson's lovely daughter Mellie. The obvious solution is suddenly before
him—but the lady has ideas of her own, and Trevor's going to have to measure
up...