The Country Gentleman - Masquerade Historical RomanceHer 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 courtesyand her upbringing as the reverend's daughterforbade her.