Verner's Pride, Volume I of II by Mrs. Henry Wood, Fiction, Literary, Historical 12+

📗 Old Mr. Verner had been a modest country gentleman, until one morning when he awoke to the news that valuable mines had been discovered on his land. The mines brought him in gold, and in his later years he purchased this estate, pulled down the house upon it, and built this solid mansion, calling it "Verner's Pride."As idyllic as the mansion and estate seem, however, trouble seems to stalk those who dwell there. Young Rachel Frost, full of life and beauty, is found drowned in the pond -- and Mrs. Roy is terrified by a ghostly vision. Then the young heir to Verner's Pride finds his life suddenly complicated in a way that runs contrary to his heart -- and which may leave him entangled for life!