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
Chapter		Page
	Prologue	vii.
I.	At the Chequers Inn, Fallowfield	9
II.	My Lord at the White Hart	24
III.	Introducing the Hon. Richard Carstares	37
IV.	Introducing the Lady Lavinia Carstares	50
V.	His Grace of Andover	62
VI.	Bath: 29 Queen Square	71
VII.	Introducing Sundry New Characters	82
VIII.	The Biter Bit	97
IX.	Lady O’Hara Intervenes	108
X.	Lady O’Hara Retires	117
XI.	My Lord Turns Rescuer and Comes Nigh Ending His Life	125
XII.	My Lord Dictates a Letter and Receives a Visitor	134
XIII.	My Lord Makes His Bow	145
XIV.	Mistress Diana is Unmaidenly	158
XV.	O’Hara’s Mind is Made Up	167
XVI.	Mr. Bettison Proposes	183
XVII.	Lady O’Hara Wins Her Point	192
XVIII.	Enter Captain Harold Lovelace	203
XIX.	The Reappearance of His Grace of Andover	215
XX.	His Grace of Andover Takes a Hand in the Game	232
XXI.	Mrs. Fanshawe Lights a Fire and O’Hara Fans the Flame	241
XXII.	Developments	249
XXIII.	Lady Lavinia Goes to the Play	261
XXIV.	Richard Plays the Man	274
XXV.	His Grace of Andover Captures the Queen	284
XXVI.	My Lord Rides to Frustrate His Grace	296
XXVII.	My Lord Enters by the Window	305
XXVIII.	In Which What Threatened to be Tragedy Turns to Comedy	313
XXIX.	Lady O’Hara is Triumphant	326
	Epilogue	332

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