Green Money — D.E. Stevenson

Green Money finds the well-loved author at her most irresistible. Romantic, energetic, at times wickedly funny, it is the humorous tale of the complications of a young Englishman who is made trustee of the late Mr. Green's large estate and guardian of his quaintly old-fashioned daughter, Elma. Although young George Ferrier is none too bright by book-learning standards, he does have his share of common sense. And common sense, as well as patience, is what he needs to cope with Elma's flighty, headstrong attempts to become a "modern" woman. George's valiant efforts to protect the vulnerable girl from cads and her legacy from fortune-hunters make a frolicsome story of effervescent good nature.