Cheryll's heart is pounding in her chest as she stares at Mr. Geoffries' study door? What is her new fiance like? Is he kind and honest? Or is he a brute of a man? Will he be faithful or a lying cheat? The questions are spinning around, and all of them are circling around the biggest of them all. Why her? Is it due to her dowry or is it something more? If it is, will he say? How about her feelings for this stranger? Could she love him? If so, when will she say?