Mattard's Escape single work   short story   romance  
Issue Details: First known date: 1884... 1884 Mattard's Escape
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Slight, comic romance whose marriage proposal is refused on the eve of leaving England convinces himself he is in love with another girl he flirted with before leaving and proposes by letter. She accepts, then he hears she has eloped, then discovers he is engaged to a different sister. Misunderstandings continue, including a double engagement. Forced humour. (PB)

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    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
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