When he learns of Meg, she is the answer to his problems and he to hers. Because of a rash promise to his maternal grandmother, The Duchess of Daingerfield, the Earl of Saxonhurst is faced with finding a bride within 24 hours or marrying whomever his grandmother chooses. For the sheelagh always has a sting with its power. Meg wonders what evil will come on them, however, even as she wishes them out of their predicament. But it is not until their landlord, Sir Arthur, threatens to throw the family out of their house unless Meg's sister, Laura, becomes his mistress, that Meg dares to use the sheelagh-ma-gig - a magic statue that can grant the wishes of certain women with the power to use it. After the death of their parents, Meg Gillingham and her three siblings are among the genteel poor of London.
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