Patience is a Virtue Author:Judith Nelson It was an all-out war from the first between the Marquess of Hamperston and his newly inherited ward, Patience Witherton. She was proud, high-spirited -- anything but patient. And she vowed to safeguard her independence from the handsome guardian who was charged with keeping the headstrong Patience and her younger sister out of trouble. — But Ham... more »perston was always game for a challenge. In a passionate display of emotion he announced -- much to Patience's fury -- that his ward was to become his wife. For the marquess found the prospect of a lifetime shared with the lovely firebrand a most attractive notion......and Patience was discovering the rewards of living up to her name.« less