A novel, 1920
Exit Betty
Betty Stanhope escapes her wedding after discovering that Herbert Hutton, whom she fears, has replaced his older brother Bessemer as the bridegroom.
How it begins
THE crowd gave way and the car glided smoothly up to the curb at the canopied entrance to the church. The blackness of the wet November night was upon the street.
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