Gervase frant finally returns to his father's estate to claim his title as the new seventh earl of st. Erth at stanyon. Unscathed from glory at waterloo, Gervase expected a Hero's welcome - Instead He's given a frigid co...Gervase frant finally returns to his father's estate to claim his title as the new seventh earl of st. Erth at stanyon. Unscathed from glory at waterloo, Gervase expected a Hero's welcome - Instead He's given a frigid cold shoulder. Upon his return only theo, a cousin even quieter than himself, is there to greet him--and when he meets his stepmother and half-brother open disdain put a chill On Gervase's welcome, and he detects open regret that he has survived inconveniently two wars.