The Black Moth

The Black Moth

Author: Georgette Heyer Listening Length: 10h 39m
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Diana Beauleigh is caught between two men. Seven long years ago, Jack Carstares, the Earl of Wyncham, sacrificed his honour for his brother and has been in exile ever since. Returning to England, Jack pretends to be a gentleman named Sir Anthony Ferndale but makes his living in a most ungentlemanly fashion, as a highwa...

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Chapter 12 My Lord Dictates a Letter and Receives a Visitor

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My Lord Dictates a Letter and Receives a Visitor

My lord came sighing back to life. He opened his eyes wearily, and turned his head. A faint feeling of surprise stole over him. He was in a room he had never been in before, and by the window, busy with some needlework, sat a little old lady who was somehow vaguely familiar.

‘Who – are – you?’ he asked, and was annoyed to find his voice so weak.