Dear Plutocrat — Anne Hampson

From the commonsense point of view, Mark Copeland was right. Kate should sell her small holding to him. It adjoined Mark's big spread and was too small to do anything with.

But Kate was not in the mood for common sense. She'd been misinformed, condescended to, and humiliated; she was not about to give -- or sell -- Mark Copeland anything.

"You're too darn pig-headed for a woman!" he told her. "It's out of place in the weaker sex."

Hero: Mark Copeland
Heroine: Kate Beresford