Civil Contract

Adam Deveril, the new Viscount Lynton and a hero at Salamanca, returns from the Peninsula War to find his family on the brink of ruin. It is Lord Oversley, father of Adam's first love, who introduces him to Jonathan Chaleigh, a city man of apparently unlimited wealth, but with his eyes firmly fixed on a suitable match for his only daughter.

Adam Deveril, noul viconte Lynton si un erou la Salamanca, se intoarce din Razboiul Peninsular pentru a-si gasi familia in pragul ruinei. Lord Oversley, tatal primei iubiri a lui Adam, este cel care il prezinta lui Jonathan Chaleigh, un om de oras cu o bogatie aparent nelimitata, dar cu ochii ferm atintiti asupra unei potriviri potrivite pentru singura sa fiica.