Cirrus@Austlit

Pauline Lacy, the unmarried sister of an English public school master, misinterprets the questions of another master as the prelude to a proposal. She seeks a position with a female friend in the country when nothing further happens - but the confession of her heart's attachment eventually ends their friendship. When the master goes to woo the girl he has all the time loved, she is engaged to another and Lucy marries rich but elderly Sir Joseph Osborne. Interesting little tale with a twist of romantic misunderstandings and a spice of social satire. Misinterpretation; spinsterhood; female friendship and romantic illusion are briefly and lightly treated. (PB)