Scarlet and Hyssop

By: Benson, E.

A very good woman married to a very bad man and clever politician, discovers that she loves an old friend, the lover of her girlhood, but compels him to remain silent concerning his own love and behaves discreetly. Another woman misbehaves herself scandalously, and her misconduct is revealed at the same moment to the women whom it most concerns, her daughter and the heroine. An eccentric but exceedingly clever peeress manages to smother the whole scandal and the story comes to a happy end. The author's descriptions of London society enlarge one's views as to the persons whom the son of an Archbishop of Canterbury may know intimately, but they are incredible, not so much for their immorality as for the blunt coarseness of the immoral persons, all of whom are supposed to be gently-bred.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1499390017
• ISBN13: 9781499390018
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"