Why Marry‪?‬

Jean lets Rex catch her in the garden—but when she asks if he wants to marry her, his ardor falters. A kiss is easy; a promise is another matter.

In the garden of a country house, a playful chase becomes an engagement, while the women around Jean argue over what a wife should be. Jean suspects Rex still longs for her sister Helen, whose work at a medical laboratory and independent life scandalize the old-fashioned Lucy. Love, money, work, and the rules men expect women to follow collide beneath the bright comedy of a family gathering. Can Jean get the future she wants from a man who has not quite decided what he wants?

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