Adrian Walter

In this society, the roles of men and women are far from equal: the man is the head of the family, makes the major decisions, and holds authority over the woman and children. The marriage between Adrian Walter and Lilian Morgan was a settled matter. For the thirty-year-old general, it was a matter of duty rather than desire; for nineteen-year-old Lilian, it was nothing short of a catastrophe. Accustomed to getting her way through caprice and stubbornness, Lilian fiercely resists the union. Following the announcement of their engagement, she finds herself alone with Adrian—the man who is soon to become her husband and the head of her future family.