Desperate Remedies by Thomas Hardy Paperback Book 9780140435238

A tale of mystery entanglement surprise and moral obliquity in which Cytherea has taken a position as ladys maid to the eccentric archintriguer Miss Aldclyffe On discovering that the man she loves Edward Springrove is already engaged to his cousin Cytherea comes under the influence of Miss Aldclyffes steward Manston