A Wish Comes True

Olivia Lambrick and her young brother and sister have hardly a penny to their name, being dependent on the allowance paid to them by the late Earl of Chadwood. The new Earl is returning from India. But when finally the new Earl of Chadwood finally arrived, Olivia's cherished hopes were cruelly shattered, her family and villagers were even worse off than before. Lenox Wood, the 6th Earl, was cold, harsh and tyrannical, half-starving his tenants and decreeing a passionless marriage for the lovely, orphaned Vicar's daughter.

So Olivia was horrified -- but hardly surprised -- when she came upon the Earl grievously wounded. Her tender ministrations slowly brought him back to life. But it was his brush with Eternity -- and the presence of a tiny golden Angel -- that healed the Earl's wounded Soul, and revealed to him at last that the Heart is the wisest Counselor of all -- and Love's sweet rapture, the greatest Gift....