If you have a Wild, Unruly, or Undisciplined Daugher, two Ladies of Genteel Birth offer to Bring Out said Daughter & Refine what may have seemed Unrefinable. We can make the Best of the Worst' When Amy & Effie Tribble, two charming but impoverished spinster sisters, lose out on an inheritance, they place this advertisement in The Morning Post & hire themselves out as professional chaperones. Vowing to prepare even the most difficult misses for marriage, the Tribble sisters will spend a London season on each client, educating them in their School for Manners. Lovely, wealthy & well bred, Clarissa Vevian has been unable to find a suitable husband because of her terrible clumsiness. Her petite & fastidious mother has tried to mould Clarissa into a dainty miss to fit the fashion
- but all her efforts are doomed to failure. & when Clarissa enters the Tribble sister's home, they fear that their reputation for matchmaking success may be destroyed
- along with their carpets & furniture! 17.6 x 11 x 1.4 cm, pages 186