Miss Carrington and Jasper.

Miss Carrington had no greater delight than to ride her steed, Jasper, through the verdant meadows and forests of her father’s estate. She felt a sense of liberty and joy, far from the constraints and demands of society. She had no regard for the newest modes, the tittle-tattle of the ton, or the gentlemen who came to woo her. She only desired to lead a simple and independent life, like her cherished horse.

But her family was blind to her. Her father, Lord Carrington, was a wealthy and powerful peer who wished to secure a good match for his only daughter. He had invited several eligible suitors to his manor and introduced them to Miss Carrington, hoping that one of them would capture her affection and hand. He was ignorant of the fact that Miss Carrington had already dismissed them all in her mind, finding them tedious, haughty, or insipid.

Why did she have to marry a Lord? Why could she not be herself in this modern world? She vowed to never subject her daughter to such demands.