Learning to Love

The Earl of Cariston is faced with insuperable problems as he hascompletely run out of money. He has sold everything on his estate that he can, but even so there is nothing he can do to support those whorely on him and they are on the verge of starvation. In desperation he calls into his Club to find an old friend, Lord Shield, and tells him all his woes. Lord Shield is in a bad way himself, but does suggestthat he visits a certain Mr. Randon who is temporarily in London andbeg for his help. Mr. Randon has made a fortune in America and used to be a good friend of the Earl? s father. The Earl goes off in sometrepidation to a hotel to meet Mr. Randon, who is very ill and on theverge of dying. He tells him his sad story and is astonished when Mr. Randon makes him a most extraordinary proposition. If he will agree to marry his daughter, Kristina, at eleven o? clock the next morning, the Earl will receive a very large sum to rescue and restore his estate! The Earl has no option but to accept and is faced with marryingsomeone he has never met within just a few hours. Equally Kristina isforced into marriage with a complete stranger by her forceful father. How the Earl and Kristina manage to cope with their joint predicament, find out about each other and eventually gain everything theirshearts could desire is told in this enthralling romantic story by BARBARA CARTLAND.