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Published: Jan. 22, 2012
Words: 45713 (approximate)
Language: English
Short description
Mr Middlewick, a wealthy merchant, longs for his daughter Clarinda to marry well. When he receives an offer from the elderly Lord Tarbuck she is horrified, and persuades her heiress friend Sarah, daughter of a baron, who lives with her Aunt nearby, to accompany her to the refuge of her grandmother in Harrogate. They fall into the hands of the strange highwayman and are forced to help him.Extended description
Clarinda Middlewick's friendship with Sarah, an orphan heiress, is encouraged by her father, a wealthy merchant. He hopes to marry Clarinda into the gentry, but she rebels when he receives an offer from Lord Tarbuck, whose daughter is several years older than Clarinda. Her only refuge is her grandmother, who runs a guest house in Harrogate Spa, and with Sarah's help she escapes from her home. Held up by a highwayman, whose actions they find extremely odd, they are forced to aid him, and the girls find adventure before they can reach Harrogate.Tags
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