Man in a Mask — Beryl Palmer

Penny Grainger's romance with Mark Kenway had been conducted entirely by letter - a correspondence that had been wished on them both by Penny's employer, Mark's domineering Aunt Marion. The
first time Penny actually met Mark was on the night of his return to England - the night of the fancy dress ball given by Aunt Marion to announce their engagement. Penny's world would have been torn to tatters when she overheard Mark's remark, 'I would marry Methuselah if it meant keeping the house in the family,' if at the same party she had not also met that certain bearded masked man who was so sympathetic. And as time went on Penny was certainly in need of the mysterious Richard's sympathy. In fact, she found herself falling in love with him. Yet so much depended on her marrying Mark. How would she manage to sort it all out?