The Silver Lining — Wendy Kremer

Lady Stratton and her daughter Julia are living in straitened circumstances near the de Vere estate. When Gareth de Vere crashes his phaeton outside their cottage, he mistakes Julia for the maid. Although their attraction to each other grows with further encounters, their different social standings make it a mismatch. And despite a plot to provoke Gareth's feelings by his dissolute cousin, Fenton, Julia knows there is no chance of overcoming their circumstances - she is destined to love in vain...