Master of the Manor

Aiden Stormont was easily the most eligible bachelor in Coombe Drayton; but the women who thought of marrying him thought in vain, for he mixed little with his neighbours and was hard to know. So when he suddenly married his agent’s daughter, it was not surprising that there was a good deal of envious gossip. Of course, they said, he was only sorry for her, poor child. He couldn’t possibly be in love with her—or could he? Barbara herself would have given the world to be sure of an affirmative answer