A woman of independent means with a healthy dose of cynicismabout those of the male persuasion, Harriet Tremayne is content with her circle ofspinster friends and their devotion to literature, women''s rights, andintellectual interests. When she determines to undertake the London season for her beautiful but featherbrained niece, however, she concedes she must appearless a bluestocking and more fashionable to successfully sponsor thisimpossible young lady whose only real desire, it seems, is to consumechocolate.
Certainly, her modish new appearance has nothing to do withthe attentions of Lord Dangerfield, a wicked man of the world who has designson the fair niece yet spends an inordinate amount of time trying to sell Harrieton the virtues of his all-too-obvious attributes.
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