At My Lady’s Command

The very moment he caught sight of the young lady Charlotte, he knew at once he would have no other. He meant to marry someone truly righteous and the kindness of every gesture of hers, all her polite utterances seemed to him so genuine his heart shivered with delight. He had not felt this sort of joy in many months and it was now foreign to him, yet he asked for a dance when musicians started playing again once introductions were made and in her arms confessed that he would have her over the others. She blushed and did not reply, perhaps for fear he would change his mind upon the morrow.

In which Tom is a high lord orphaned at a young age who picks his bride to be in the lovely Lady Charlotte and means to build a long-lasting marriage of love and respect.