How easily people’s rumors declare a girl who is unselfish and noble in her aspirations to be a corrupt creature, flattered by other people’s money. And how often someone else’s preconceived opinion clouds the mind, makes one not believe one’s own heart. But when the truth triumphs and people who sincerely love each other unite, nothing can disturb their cloudless happiness.

Note 2022: Published under a pseudonym Kristin Grieg, but written by Sandra Marton.