The Child of the Moat: A Story for Girls. 1557 A.D.

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G. ARNOLD SHAW GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL, NEW YORK
THE CHILD OF THE MOAT
A STORY FOR GIRLS. 1557 A.D.
BY IAN B. STOUGHTON HOLBORN
1916 G. ARNOLD SHAW NEW YORK
COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY G. ARNOLD SHAW
COPYRIGHT IN GREAT BRITAIN AND COLONIES
DEDICATED TO AVIS DOLPHIN
On the analogy of the famous apple,—“there ain’t going to be no” preface, “not nohow.” Children do not read prefaces, so anything of a prefatory nature that might interest them is put at the beginning of chapter one.
As for the grown-ups the story is not written for grown-ups, and if they want to know why it begins with such a gruesome first chapter, let them ask the children. Children like the horrors first and the end all bright. Many grown-ups like the tragedy at the end. But perhaps the children are right and the grown-ups are standing on their heads. Besides they can skip the first chapter; it is only a prologue.
A, Staircase to Solar and Aline’s Room; B, Staircase to Solar and North Rooms; C, Buttery (the place where the drink was kept, Cf. French boire ); D, Pantry (the place where the food was kept, Cf. French pain ); E, Chapel.