The provided excerpts detail the romantic and professional life of Beverley Farman, a talented young dressmaker who has returned home to work as an independent contractor after years in London, navigating her career while caring for her invalid mother and dealing with her pessimistic Aunt Ellen. Beverley secures an important client, the wealthy Wayne family, to create a trousseau for the eldest daughter, Sara, who is engaged to Franklin Lowell. Throughout her work at Huntingford Grange, Beverley is tormented by the suspicion that her childhood friend and long-time love, Geoffrey Revian, an aspiring artist, is secretly involved with Sara, a suspicion seemingly confirmed when Geoffrey finally proposes to Beverley, yet behaves distantly, and is seen embracing Sara. The situation resolves dramatically as Beverley discovers Sara breaks her engagement to Franklin after Geoffrey's estranged father becomes ill, leading to a family reconciliation that makes Geoffrey unexpectedly wealthy, thus removing the financial barrier to marrying Sara; Beverley then finds herself in a bizarre predicament after telling Geoffrey's father that she is engaged to Franklin, leading to Franklin, who has developed an affection for Beverley, proposing to her in a surprising culmination of events.

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