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Georgette Heyer. The Black Moth
The Black Moth
Table of Contents
PROLOGUE
CHAPTER I. AT THE CHEQUERS INN, FALLOWFIELD
CHAPTER II. MY LORD AT THE WHITE HART
CHAPTER III. INTRODUCING THE HON. RICHARD CARSTARES
CHAPTER IV. INTRODUCING THE LADY LAVINIA CARSTARES
CHAPTER V. HIS GRACE OF ANDOVER
CHAPTER VI. BATH: 29 QUEEN SQUARE
CHAPTER VII. INTRODUCING SUNDRY NEW CHARACTERS
CHAPTER VIII. THE BITER BIT
CHAPTER IX. LADY O'HARA INTERVENES
CHAPTER X. LADY O'HARA RETIRES
CHAPTER XI. MY LORD TURNS RESCUER AND COMES NIGH ENDING HIS LIFE
CHAPTER XII. MY LORD DICTATES A LETTER AND RECEIVES A VISITOR
CHAPTER XIII. MY LORD MAKES HIS BOW
CHAPTER XIV. MISTRESS DIANA IS UNMAIDENLY
CHAPTER XV. O'HARA'S MIND IS MADE UP
CHAPTER XVI. MR. BETTISON PROPOSES
CHAPTER XVII. LADY O'HARA WINS HER POINT
CHAPTER XVIII. ENTER CAPTAIN HAROLD LOVELACE
CHAPTER XIX. THE REAPPEARANCE OF HIS GRACE OF ANDOVER
CHAPTER XX. HIS GRACE OF ANDOVER TAKES A HAND IN THE GAME
CHAPTER XXI. MRS. FANSHAWE LIGHTS A FIRE AND O'HARA FANS THE FLAME
CHAPTER XXII. DEVELOPMENTS
CHAPTER XXIII. LADY LAVINIA GOES TO THE PLAY
CHAPTER XXIV. RICHARD PLAYS THE MAN
CHAPTER XXV. HIS GRACE OF ANDOVER CAPTURES THE QUEEN
CHAPTER XXVI. MY LORD RIDES TO FRUSTRATE HIS GRACE
CHAPTER XXVII. MY LORD ENTERS BY THE WINDOW
CHAPTER XXVIII. IN WHICH WHAT THREATENED TO BE TRAGEDY TURNS TO COMEDY
CHAPTER XXIX. LADY O'HARA IS TRIUMPHANT
EPILOGUE
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Georgette Heyer
e-artnow, 2021
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It was not in Jim's nature to inquire into his master's affairs, much less to be surprised at anything he might do or say. He was content to receive and promptly execute his orders, and to worship Carstares with a dog-like devotion, following blindly in his wake, happy as long as he might serve him.
Carstares had found him in France, very down upon his luck, having been discharged from the service of his late master owing to the penniless condition of that gentleman's pocket. He had engaged him as his own personal servant, and the man had remained with him ever since, proving an invaluable acquisition to my Lord John. Despite a singularly wooden countenance, he was by no means a fool, and he had helped Carstares out of more than one tight corner during his inglorious and foolhardy career as highwayman. He probably understood his somewhat erratic master better than anyone else, and he now divined what was in his mind. He returned that glance with a significant wink.
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