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A returning military officer comes home to his family estate and becomes entangled in a cautious courtship with a proud cousin. Warm domestic welcomes contrast with her reserve, while an inheritance provision, rival suitors, and social expectations complicate intimacy. The narrative alternates between outdoor sport and drawing-room scenes, portraying delicate flirtations, jealousies, and misunderstandings, and unfolds through small revelations that test loyalties and ambitions as characters negotiate duty, affection, and the pressures of rank and fortune.
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