The Betrothal of a Baron

A mutual tale of mutual shyness and masterful slyness

When the painfully shy Baron David Engleston receives an invitation to join a friend for a few days of playing cards and dancing at the Soho Club, he accepts. Given the incessant rain falling on all of England, he may as well spend some time in the capital. He can feel glum there just as well as in Kent-at least until the moment a young lady in a yellow gown appears from the room adjacent to his and asks, "Are you my betrothed?"

Miss Maria...