Mästerman

Master Samuel Eneman, pejoratively referred to as "Masterman" by the townspeople, is a stingy and wealthy pawnbroker who, against his better business sense, finds himself in possession of pledge no. 1313--a beautiful young woman who indentures herself as a housekeeper until her fiancé can repay his loan. She is able to turn the tables on the old miser, however, by redefining economies of exchange and power "in her own way," eventually changing him into a new man. (BAM/PFA)