The Fall of Midas — Juliet Astley

Rich and respected, Edwin Orford lived contentedly in the beautiful country home he had loved from afar when he was a poor grocery clerk.

He was too sensible to believe the local folk who said the Flixton Old Manor had a curse on it, just as he was too practical -- and too ambitious -- to let his love-sick son marry a black-haired gypsy tart. But e never dreamed that in buying her off he was unleashing the forces of disaster and death…

Until one day and old woman's dreams drew a terrible secret from the depths of a woodland pool!