Why I Am Not Jane Austen

(this article was written by Ms Mansfield in 1999 or thereabouts, for an earlier incarnation of her website, derived from notes from a speech given to the Jane Austen Society) Some people find the...

Elizabeth Mansfield

Miscalculations

His Woman Of Affairs

Jane Douglas had a sharp wit, brilliant mind, and an extraordinary knack for numbers. As financial advisor to Lady Martha Kettering, she was able to provide for herself, her sister and her mother. Jane  resigned herself to a quiet life in the country, in service.

Viscount Luke Kettering was a Corinthian: self-confident, elegant, with a talent for all the manly arts, and a penchant for taking risks. He was admired by his peers, yet his constant requests for funds to settle his gambling debts caused his mother deep concern. He eagerly accepted her challenge to give him control of his inheritance if he could prove to be financially responsible. All he had to do was act prudently for one month. He did not factor in one detail – that Lady Martha’s financial advisor would be overseeing his accounting for the month – and that he was – a she!

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