Devil’s Cub (Alastair-Audley #2)

Devil’s Cub (Alastair-Audley #2)

Author: Georgette Heyer Listening Length: 9h 5m
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Mary Challoner must protect her sister at all costs. When she discovers that the notorious Marquis of Vidal is planning to run away with her little sister, Mary will not stand idly by. To save Sophia’s reputation without destroying her own, Mary will take her sister’s place – and once the Marquis sees through her di...

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EIGHTEEN

MISS CHALLONER HAD MUCH time for reflection during the stage-coach’s slow progress to Pont-de-Moine, and not many miles had been covered when, her first impetuous impulse to fly having abated, she became extremely fearful of the consequences of her action.

Her purse was now woefully slim, and she supposed that the cost of a night’s lodging would make an end of the few remaining coins lent her by Miss Marling.

She did not know what to do, a state of affairs repugnant to one of her orderly habit of mind.