Hawk has his choice of two high maintenance beauties and a hag that he can stash at his country estate and not miss a beat of his London life. He chooses Frances and then direly mistreats her, before abandonning her in the country. However, when he returns he's in for quite a surprise - for his hag of a wife is actually a talented beauty who was obviously out to trick him. Much of this story involves how Frances and Hawk find a balance in their married life and come to love each other. However, there are a lot of distressing scenes of forced marrital relations before Hawk gets his act together and realizes what a fool he's being - making him a difficult character to really appreciate, although Frances is an incredibly charismatic heroine!