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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NINETEEN

MISS CHALLONER APPEARED AT the breakfast hour next morning rather shy, her face delicately tinged with colour. She found both the Marquis and his father in the parlour, and an elderly dapper little Frenchman whom she discovered to be his grace’s valet.

The Marquis carried her hand to his lips, and held it there for a moment. His grace said in his bored voice: ‘I trust you slept well, child. Pray be seated. Gaston, you will take my chaise immediately to Dijon, where you will find her grace.’

‘Bien, monseigneur.’