sham-husband

Updated: May 29, 2025

But it needed not names to confirm me in the belief that "Josh Stebbins" was the sham-husband, and that she whom he would have betrayed this huntress-maiden, was the lost love of my comrade Wingrove the sister of my own Lilian. This would account for the resemblance that had struck me. It no longer seemed vague, in my memory: I could now trace it palpably and clearly.

Mayne Reid - The Wild Huntress: Love in the Wilderness