A.F. Birch

The courtship rituals of animals and plants are compared to those of contemporary society, with educational and frequently humorous results.

Facing an arranged marriage to a man of dubious morals, heiress Korah Hurley poses as the impoverished travelling companion of her aunt, the Marquise de Jaurmais, in order to test whether her rakish fiancé's affections are truly for her or for the fortune she will inherit.