Sylvester decides to help them, and he realizes that Phoebe is extremely smart and capable, though very impertinent. Sylvester is happy to have an excuse to return to London and comes across their carriage which has had an accident. Phoebe is unaware that Lady Ingham is the person who suggested Sylvester marry her. Terrified of being made to marry Sylvester and getting no sympathy from her father, Phoebe calls upon a childhood friend, Tom Orde, to help her run away to live with her grandmother, Lady Ingham, in London. Phoebe's step-mother tactlessly tells Phoebe that Sylvester has come to make her an offer of marriage. As the visit progresses he regrets his visit and considers Phoebe to be insipid and talentless. Impressed by the man's hunting, Sylvester consents to being his guest but, upon finding that he is the only guest, feels his hand is being forced. He departs for a hunt in the countryside and meets Phoebe's father.
After discussing his prospects with his beloved ailing mother, who thinks he is too arrogant towards women, he travels to London to discuss the matter with his godmother, Lady Ingham, who tells him of her granddaughter, Phoebe.
Sylvester, the wealthy Duke of Salford, is considering marriage.
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