True Love's Reward

True Love's Reward by George Mrs. Sheldon is about a woman named Ruth who is betrothed to a young man whose father plans to marry Ruth's employer. Excerpt: «When Mrs. Montague entered her room, an hour after Mona went upstairs, there was a deep frown upon her brow. She found Mona arrayed in a pretty white wrapper and sitting before the glowing grate reading a new book, while she waited for her. „What are you sitting up for, and arrayed in that style?“ she ungraciously demanded. „I thought you would need help in undressing, and I put on this loose wrapper because it was more comfortable than any other dress,“ Mona answered, as she regarded the lady with some surprise, for she had never before quite so curtly addressed her.»