Summary
Lovers in Quarantine follows a complex and humorous tale of love, deception, and quarantine aboard a ship in the early 20th century. Engaged to Anthony Blunt, Pamela Gordon faces a waiting game until she decides to engage with MackIntosh Josephs. When Blunt returns, the couple plans to elope, setting off a chain of events that involve mistaken identities and a dramatic transformation. As complications arise, all passengers are quarantined on Quarantine Island, leading to unexpected alliances and comedic misunderstandings.
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Engaged to African explorer Anthony Blunt, Pamela Gordon grows tired of waiting and becomes engaged to MackIntosh Josephs. Blunt returns, and he and Pamela decide to elope to Bermuda. To deceive MackIntosh, Pamela has Blunt pretend to make love to her hoydenish sister, Diana. The latter believes him and with the aid of Amelia Pincent, the girls' spinster chaperon, locks up Pamela in a closet and goes in her place aboard ship. The next day, Blunt discovers the substitution and is shocked. To get back at him, Diana, using her sister's trousseau, transforms herself into the ship's most popular female. Blunt becomes jealous. Complications arise when all the passengers are quarantined for a week on Quarantine Island, with the "honeymooners" put in a tiny cottage for privacy. When the quarantine is lifted, Diana marries Blunt, leaving Pamela to MackIntosh.
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