In one episode in this novel, the title character uses two bottles of claret to get a doctor drunk in France, and later, Lucy Darleton invites the title character's fiancée to
In one episode in this novel, the title character uses two bottles of claret to get a doctor drunk in France, and later, Lucy Darleton invites the title character's fiancée to London. When that fiancée attempts to break off her engagement, her father is too engrossed in his studies to help, although Crossjay takes her to the train station. Eventually, the Doctor decides that Vernon's scholarship is more attractive than the central character's wine. The title character of this novel returns from abroad and becomes engaged to Clara Middleton, much to the dismay of a woman who thinks that she loves him secretly, Laetitia Dale. FTP, identify this "Comedy in Narrative," a novel about Sir Willoughby Patterne by George Meredith whose title refers to a self- absorbed individual.
In one episode in this novel, the title character uses two bottles of claret to get a doctor drunk in France, and later, Lucy Darleton invites the title character's fiancée to London.