The midnight match

She saved his life. — Was what they felt for each other gratitude -- or love? — He saved her honor! Charles, Lord Langford, had burst into that vile room at the inn where Major Savage held Carola Severance captive and saved her from dishonor. — She saved his life! Thank heaven, Carola had been with Charles when the highwaymen attacked his carriage. She had pushed Charles to one side so that the highwayman's bullet has merely wounded him. But would he live to see another day? Did she not owe him the kind favor of making his last hours happy?

It was the least she could do. So Carola consented to the wedding that would change her life.