From the first time she
set eyes on Overton House and on its brilliantly handsome young master,
William Overton, Beatrice Bonnington was in thrall. In fact, it was
sometimes difficult for her to distinguish which one she had fallen in
love with first.
But though the scion of a distinguished English family
might be bought, neither he nor his peers could be forced to accept the
daughter of a tradesman, despite the burgeoning success of Bonnington's
Emporium in the Bayswater Road, the rival -- nay, the equal -- of
Selfridge's and Liberty's.
Wed her he might, but love her William could
not seem to do.
As he pursued his own pleasures more openly -- frequent
trips abroad, liaisons with the reigning beauties of the day -- Beatrice
sought refuge at Bonnington's.
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