The Indiscretion of the Duchess by Anthony Hope, Fiction, Classics, Action & Adventure 12+

🔖 The narrator, Gilbert Aycon, begins his tale: "In accordance with many most excellent precedents, I might begin by claiming the sympathy due to an orphan alone in the world. I might even summon my unguided childhood and the absence of parental training to excuse my faults and extenuate my indiscretions . . ."