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 13 My Lord Makes His Bow

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My Lord Makes His Bow

After Jim’s arrival my lord recovered quickly, each day making great progress, much to the doctor’s satisfaction, who never tired of telling Mr Beauleigh and Miss Betty that it was entirely owing to his treatment that the patient had recovered at all.

As his idea of treatment mainly consisted of copiously bleeding John, which process Miss Betty very soon put an end to, he and she had many arguments on the subject, in which he was completely routed.