and Dwight is returned to Cornwall, albeit ill and greatly emaciated. Drake Carne distinguishes himself with his cleverness and bravery on these adventures, earning Ross's approval for the first time. When Drake Carne is in France, Morwenna is hastily married to Ossie Whitworth. George Warleggan organizes the marriage in retaliation for the pressure he received from Ross to dismiss the charges against Drake. Because of Drake's actions in France, Ross decides to set him up in business, partly to allow him to get a toehold in life that will enable him to marry Morwenna, only to discover that Morwenna was wed to Whitworth in their absence. Aunt Agatha plans a 100th birthday party for herself in August, in defiance of George's wishes. Two days before the party is to occur, George confronts her in her bedroom and tells her he has discovered a mistake and that she is only 98. Because of this, he tells her he is cancelling the party and sending notes to all her invited guests to that effect. This enrages her and she strikes out at him to imply that when Valentine was born, he was not a full-term baby: "Maybe ye didn't wait for the wedding ceremony, you and Elizabeth, eh? Maybe that was it. Was that it, eh?...Or maybe someone else was riding she afore ever you was wed! Eh? Eh? Your precious Valentine!" Later than night, Agatha dies and George reflects, "He had killed his viper. He had given it, he knew, a mortal wound. But as he took his foot from its neck it had turned and bitten his heel. And the venom it had left behind was working". Television adaptations The events chronicled in the novel The Black Moon are covered in episodes 1–7 of season 3 of the television adaptation that commenced in 2015. Citations Cornish culture Novels set in Cornwall 1973 British novels History of Cornwall William Collins, Sons books