12-03-2023 Entry

Very quiet day, only a longer walk in the afternoon, about 3.5 miles.  I felt like I needed to give my legs a rest, they were sore from riding and a lot of walking on the previous day.  Did a fair amount of reading and listened to The Fraud, an audiobook by Zadie Smith.  Essential plot concerns the trial of a man who was accused of impersonating a nobleman, Sir Roger Tichborne, who apparently was lost at sea when the ship he was on sank.  Also woven into the tale are the affairs of a writer, William Ainsworth, who is something of a fraud himself and has carried on an affair with his cousin-by-marriage, Eliza Touchet, who is a main character in the novel.