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The Ordeal of Richard Feverel 18 - The System Encounters the Wild Oats Special Plea
In which Sir Austin Feverel, the reclusive baronet with a resolute principle for purity, seeks a suitable bride for his only son amidst a society endorsing the wild oats theory as a rite of passage, engaging with his acquaintances who reveal the fraught outcomes of such indulgences. The baronet, unshaken in his convictions, sets about gathering support for his strict views on education and marriage, aided cautiously by the discreet efforts of Doctor Bairam to alert potential matches.
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