Simple Souls

On the day that he met her in the zoo, Molly confided to the Duke her dream of happiness -- to have two pounds a week to spend on books, silly books, and leisure to read them. The Duke, who is nothing if not quixotic, see it as a simple matter to supply the two pounds which will gratify so modest an ambition. But he does not foresee the consequences of the one construction which Molly's family and neighbors put upon his generosity. And again, being a very innocent person, for all his ancien...