Ly.
dia, the"simpleton" :of her /_%villa=?ge, w,/.as raised ;b+y her $grandmother, who dr:@
eams of s,ecuring her futur^e: by findin
?g he(r a husb+and. How(#ever, Lydia's heart belongs to som
eone. Mark,
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y his f$;a$mily to be a ho?*u$sehusband, re#fuses their arrangement,((. ;( When he*^ !mee t
s Lydia, he of;fer+@s a/? bag #of) ric;e to
*
 marry her. Though $_`\he]\ believes he  $will nev.er#_ f[\^ind love, love secretly  ,f;!]lou^(ri
?shes.