Accompanied by His Wife

The deception grew entirely out of hand
For the sake of Mrs. Harnby, Michael's sweet but ailing mother, that Patricia agreed to the fantastic suggestion that she masquerade for a few days as Michael Harnby's wife.

How was she to know that the deception would spread so widely - with disastrous consequences that would threaten both her future and Michael's?

But the most unexpected consequence was the realization that Patricia actually enjoyed having Michael as a "mock" husband, even though she knew he was pining for the woman he had lost!