Harry Oxford succeeds in getting Constantia Durham to elope rather than marry the man who uses claret to make a doctor do what he wants.
A subplot in this novel follows a man's quest to protect a cherry tree that he believes is holy from scientific experiments. Vernon Whitford becomes the guardian of the orphaned relation Crossjay in this novel, while Horace de Craye intrigues against the wedding of the protagonist. Harry Oxford succeeds in getting Constantia Durham to elope rather than marry the man who uses claret to make a doctor do what he wants. For 10 points, name this novel which follows Clara Middleton and Letitia Dale's romances with Willougby Patterne, a novel by George Meredith about a self-centered man.
A subplot in this novel follows a man's quest to protect a cherry tree that he believes is holy from scientific experiments.
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