Cecily by Clare Darcy

***Large Print Edition Hardcover binding is firm and hinges are not cracked or damaged. Pages tight and clean. Book has been professionally rebound. Retired library copy with the usual marks and attachments. Pocket removed. No dustjacket. 490 pages. Hardcover binding. Year: 1978 ISBN: 0893401145 Our heroine, Cecily, finds herself acting on the stage as a result of blackmail and low funds in order to support her family. Her beauty attracts many of the audience, including Mr. Ranleigh who is a distant relative. He helps Cecily by having one of his relatives use her as a governess. She ends up running away back to the theater and once again Mr. Ranleigh has to come to her rescue, but in a more permanent way this time.