Affairs of Harriet Walters, Spinster

Harriet Walters, a twenty-six year old spinster, is evicted from her home after the death of her father and sent to live with a persnickety aunt. Resigned to the thankless life of an unpaid companion, she yearns for romance with the local grammar school's history master, if only he were as interested in her as he is in the Roman occupation of England. Fate intervenes, however, when Harriet becomes...