Going through my book collection and historical novels are not really my thing. This is quite old and yellowed but in good readable condition.

When Vicount Desford befriends a forlorn runaway, his only thought is how to keep such a pretty girl as Cherry Steane out of mischief.

Soon the chivalrous Corinthian is in a rare bumble-bath, so baulked by Cherry's lickpenny grandfather and card-sharping father that all his efforts to help lead only to some new confusion or misunderstanding. Even Henrietta Silverdale, his childhood playmate, has certain reservations....