A Comfortable WifeMiss Anonia Mannering had made plans, and Lord Philip Ruthven featured largely. They had been childhood friends, but had not seen each other for years. She knew Philip was popular with the ladies, but he had never married any of them. Wouldn't he now be ready to set up his nursery? If she could prove to him that she could run his home, not disgrace him in Society, and be a comfortable wife for him, surely he would be prompted to propose to her - that she might fall in love had never occurred to her! |