Deirdre and Desire

What clever woman would want a man like Lord Harry Desire? Why, he is clearly a lummox—languid, vain, and bland. Not even his beautiful face could redeem him. But he stands to inherit a vast fortune, and that''s good enough for Deirdre''s father, a spendthrift vicar who arranges the match to rescue himself from imminent financial collapse.

Leave it to Deirdre to contrive an escape, a quick elopemen...