{"product_id":"2940015813692","title":"A DAMSEL IN DISTRESS","description":"CHAPTER 1.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInasmuch as the scene of this story is that historic pile, Belpher\u003cbr\u003eCastle, in the county of Hampshire, it would be an agreeable task\u003cbr\u003eto open it with a leisurely description of the place, followed by\u003cbr\u003esome notes on the history of the Earls of Marshmoreton, who have\u003cbr\u003eowned it since the fifteenth century. Unfortunately, in these days\u003cbr\u003eof rush and hurry, a novelist works at a disadvantage. He must\u003cbr\u003eleap into the middle of his tale with as little delay as he would\u003cbr\u003eemploy in boarding a moving tramcar. He must get off the mark with\u003cbr\u003ethe smooth swiftness of a jack-rabbit surprised while lunching.\u003cbr\u003eOtherwise, people throw him aside and go out to picture palaces.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI may briefly remark that the present Lord Marshmoreton is a\u003cbr\u003ewidower of some forty-eight years: that he has two children--a son,\u003cbr\u003ePercy Wilbraham Marsh, Lord Belpher, who is on the brink of his\u003cbr\u003etwenty-first birthday, and a daughter, Lady Patricia Maud Marsh,\u003cbr\u003ewho is just twenty: that the chatelaine of the castle is Lady\u003cbr\u003eCaroline Byng, Lord Marshmoreton's sister, who married the very\u003cbr\u003ewealthy colliery owner, Clifford Byng, a few years before his death\u003cbr\u003e(which unkind people say she hastened): and that she has a\u003cbr\u003estep-son, Reginald. Give me time to mention these few facts and I\u003cbr\u003eam done. On the glorious past of the Marshmoretons I will not even\u003cbr\u003etouch.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47084567363824,"sku":"2940015813692","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015813692","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}