۱۱۴. شیفتگی در فرانسه (مجموعهٔ ابدی)

The beautiful Lady Celita Dale, daughter of the Earl and Countess of Langdale, is dismayed to hear that her best friend Judy's father, Lord Waterforde, intends to marry his daughter off against her will to the Duc de Sahran who lives in the exotic South of France and whom she has never even met. Worse still, Judy is secretly in love with a charming young man called Clive Cunningham. Despatched to Provence to meet the Duc at his Fairy tale château the two girls are in despair until the resourceful Celita colludes with the dashing Duc in a subtle deception. To appease Lord Waterforde instead of proposing to Judy, the Duc declares his undying love for Celita, thus freeing Judy to marry her beloved Clive. The ruse appears to work until the Duc's jealous former lover lures Celita into mortal danger. Just as she realises that she has lost her heart to the handsome Frenchman, she is also about to lose her life – Als Durstan Hayles Augen Lorinda das erste Mal erblicken, glitzerten ihre Augen vor wilder Freude. Auf einem schwarzen Pferd ritt sie durch den Ballsaal und erschien als Lady Godiva verkleidet bis auf ihr rotgoldenes Haar fast nackt. Erzürnt von ihrem Verhalten wettet Durstan darauf, daß er diese unvorhersehbare Schönheit bezähmen kann. Aber er muß feststellen, wie stur Lorinda selbst gefangen von der Gier und Gefühllosigkeit ihres Vaters ist. Wie Lorinda am Ende Durstans Leben rettet und ihre Herzen für alle Ewigkeit verschmelzen, erzählt diese Geschichte vom England des 18. Jahrhunderts.