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The Moon and the Ocean A Chinese Bride Scheme
Ernest Southmayd travels from Hong Kong to Naples seeking a wife after a failed match. He courts Julia Courtney then Alice Hathaway, only to learn both arrangements crumble aboard ocean crossings as deception and romance collide. The tale follows his pursuit of a bride despite repeated heartbreak and tangled schemes.
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Ernest Southmayd
Sungkong
China
Neve
America
Hat
Wen
Southmayd
Juna Courtney
Stephen
Julia
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Suez Canal
Hongkong
Julia Courtney
New York
Naples
Claphame
Seventy-first Regiment of
British Foot
Venus
Stephen Cowbey
Ernest
Alice Hathaway
Miss Hathaway
Trousseau
Paris
Southmaud
Atlantic Ocean
Vorage