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The Black Moth
A Romance of the XVIII Century
By Georgette Heyer
Boston and New York
Houghton Mifflin Company
1921
First Published, 1921.
Printed in Great Britain.
CONTENTS.
PROLOGUE
I. AT THE CHEQUERS INN, FALLOWFIELD
II. MY LORD AT THE WHITE HART
III. INTRODUCING THE HON. RICHARD CARSTARES
IV. INTRODUCING THE LADY LAVINIA CARSTARES
V. HIS GRACE OF ANDOVER
VI. BATH: 29 QUEEN SQUARE
VII. INTRODUCING SUNDRY NEW CHARACTERS
VIII. THE BITER BIT
IX LADY O'HARA INTERVENES
X LADY O'HARA RETIRES
XI. MY LORD TURNS RESCUER AND COMES NIGH ENDING HIS LIFE
XII. MY LORD DICTATES A LETTER AND RECEIVES A VISITOR
XIII. MY LORD MAKES HIS BOW
XIV. MISTRESS DIANA IS UNMAIDENLY
XV. O'HARA'S MIND IS MADE UP
XVI. MR. BETTISON PROPOSES
XVII. LADY O'HARA WINS HER POINT
XVIII. ENTER CAPTAIN HAROLD LOVELACE
XIX. THE REAPPEARANCE OF HIS GRACE OF ANDOVER
XX. HIS GRACE OF ANDOVER TAKES A HAND IN THE GAME
XXI. MRS. FANSHAWE LIGHTS A FIRE AND O'HARA FANS THE FLAME
XXII. DEVELOPMENTS
XXIII. LADY LAVINIA GOES TO THE PLAY
XXIV. RICHARD PLAYS THE MAN
XXV. HIS GRACE OF ANDOVER CAPTURES THE QUEEN
XXVI. MY LORD RIDES TO FRUSTRATE HIS GRACE
XXVII. MY LORD ENTERS BY THE WINDOW
XXVIII. IN WHICH WHAT THREATENED TO BE TRAGEDY TURNS TO COMEDY
XXIX. LADY O'HARA IS TRIUMPHANT
EPILOGUE
PROLOGUE
CLAD in his customary black and silver, with raven hair unpowdered and elaborately dressed, diamonds on his fingers and