Catherine
"CAN'T YOU UNDERSTAND?  I AM BEING SOLD TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER!"

Poor lovely Catherine Ebford.  Being forced by her guardian into a marriage she did not want.

And so Catherine, a stubborn young woman with a head full of romantic notions (with the help of her friends), spent her days plotting to escape from her betrothed, Colonel Berrington.

What she didn't realize was that escape from Berrington was the last thing she really wanted...