"I'll simply take you in her place."
Georgina's mouth fell open. "What on earth do you mean?"
"I mean," William replied patiently, "that you're a member of the female sex and that's all I need to come with me to the Far East as my wife."
"You're mad!" she gasped in utter disbelief.
But, unfortunately, William was not mad--only very determined. Rejected at the last moment by Georgina's somewhat capricious sister, he meant every single...