Her curiosity was boundless...
The
arrival of Mr. John Harris, the new owner of Pinnacles House, was
greeted with much interest by the inhabitants of Woodham. Why should a
man who was so handsome, so agreeable and so nobly heroic, a man who had
lived abroad, dream of settling down in the English countryside? It was
very mysterious...
Miss Lucinda Calvert longed to ask him many
questions, but courtesy--and her upbringing as the reverend's
daughter--forbade her. And by no means could she ask him the most
important question of all--for how could a lady ask a man if he loved
her?