Surreal.

The Hero has one blue eye and one green eye, which apparently makes him a freak. So despite the fact that men with one foot in the grave, but rich and titled are considered a good catch, his eyes preclude him from marriage. Since his birth his mother has been crying and behaving hysterical, everytime she looks at him. He hides from everyone except his family, only popping out now and again, before running for cover.
Then there is the weird incident in the park, he and his wife are set apon, by three bullies, who randomly beat him up because of his eyes. "WHY?", are we "STILL" in the playground. It lengthen the tale as now there is another problem to overcome.
The Heroine has been brutally raped and wishes to escape her abuser, after being compromised, marries the Hero. Things don't go too well to start with, but then suddenly all is resolved.
There is a second love story going on with all the same sort of stops and starts, then sudden resolution.
There are familiar characters and new ones who drift in and out.
I am left asking WHY his eyes? Bullied as a child yes, but mother still crying and society still acting as children, not believable. The narrator doesn't help this surreal story.

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