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Sir Philip's Folly

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Everything appears to be running smoothly in the Poor Relation Hotel—renowned for elegance and eccentricity—until two unwelcome guests challenge its gentle owners' amatory expertise. Now commotion reigns at the Poor Relation Hotel.

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When old Sir Philip Somerville brings home a fat, vulgar, and greedy paramour, Mrs. Budge, the portly woman costs the hotel a pretty penny. Soon the other poor relations come up with a deception to force her departure.

While horrible Lady Carruthers passes off her daughter as a school miss and sets her own cap for the young Earl of Denby—whom the daughter also pursues. The poor relations try to rid themselves of the mother while finding the daughter a husband.

Audience
adult
Length
short · 148 pages

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