Egoist

Sir Willoughby Pattern, a handsome, wealthy and respected landowner in the area, decides to start a family at the age of thirty. After several meetings at balls and receptions, he chooses the young and determined beauty Clara Middleton. The bride's family announces their engagement, and Clara and her father come to stay at the Pattern estate. But the more a girl gets to know her future husband, the less she wants to marry him. But how can you avoid a wedding without causing a terrible scandal and disgracing your own family?