Lucetta

the long version

Lucetta, beautiful spitfire daughter of the eccentric Lord Wintringham, fell in love so suddenly she could hardly believe it. She had turned down dozens of suitors and now there was Papa's guest, the dashing young Honourable Vere Dalvin, who unknowingly had made off with her heart without so much as a by-your-leave. But when Papa proposed that Dalvin marry Lucetta, his young guest fled. Lucetta was not dashed. She knew that sooner or later she would again encounter her runaway love -- and snare him...