The Marquis of Milverton strides into White? s Club in a high state ofirritation as he is being pestered by his family to take a ? suitable? girl for his wife. He is not surprised to find that his aristocraticfriends are suffering the same pressure and they gather together to complain about their plight. They are all havingaffaires-de-coeurs with seductive married ladies and the Marquishimself is very much involved with a glamorous Countess. However theyall recognise that they will have to marry eventually to carry ontheir ancestral titles and family legacy. Listening to theirgrumbling is the Duke of Sandelford and he challenges them to go outinto the countryside in disguise and find a beautiful girl to be their dream wife. If after three months, they failed they were to admitfailure and accept their family? s suggestions. He also offers a onethousand pounds prize to those who succeed. He left them feeling itwas at least a sporting chance and the Marquis was the first to accept the Duke? s challenge. Disguising himself as John Milton he setsout alone on his horse and has a number of unlikely adventures withpeople he would normally have never encountered. He helps some of them to happiness, then becomes bored and decides to return home, butwill give one more village a last chance. How the Marquis becomesinvolved with a ruthless gang of horse thieves and then unexpectedlyfinds all he is seeking and can claim the Duke? s prize is told in this exciting and different tale by BARBARA CARTLAND.
