Eugene Lane has everything: youth, money, a seat in Parliament and the promised hand of the beautiful Kate. Among the guests at his country house is Father Stafford, a High Church priest committed to celibacy, and what follows is a comedy of manners in which three gentlemen act for the best and a vow is tested by love.
An early society novel from the author of The Prisoner of Zenda, sharp on late-Victorian manners. Download the free EPUB.