Plot
The death of his only son and heir made it
necessary for Sir Harry Hotspur to make a new will. The title had to go to a
distant cousin, George Hotspur, a man of great personal charm but a spendthrift
and a gambler. Sir Harry wished the ancestral property to go to his daughter
Emily and hoped that when she married, her husband would adopt the family name.
George Hotspur schemed to marry her to save himself from financial ruin and
succeeded in winning her love. Although she was convinced of his unworthiness,
she believed that she alone could save him, but she had promised her father not
to marry without his consent and this Sir Harry refused to give. George was
bought off by the family lawyers and eventually married his mistress, an
actress who had been supporting him. Emily was taken to
GEROULD,
WINIFRED GREGORY;
A GUIDE TO TROLLOPE.
© 1948 Princeton University Press,
1976 renewed PUP
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