Lady Mary Cavendish is destitute. Unable to inherit her land because she is a female, her late husband has placed her fate in the hands of a squire, and made her neighbor Christopher Bryce steward of the estate. He is to watch over the farm until the rightful heir is of age. Lady Mary is expected to marry again, to a man worthy of her station and upbringing. Christopher is merely a squire.
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