"Piracy"

“PIRACY”
The Author wishes it to be clearly understood that all the persons in this book, except Mr. Fletcher and Mr. Trevor, are entirely of the imagination.
A ROMANTIC CHRONICLE OF THESE DAYS by MICHAEL ARLEN Author of “The Romantic Lady,” “The London Venture,” etc.
LONDON: 48 PALL MALL W. COLLINS SONS & CO. LTD. GLASGOW MELBOURNE AUCKLAND
Manufactured in Great Britain
TO MY MOTHER
A typical sentence from an ancient copy-book, unearthed with many other curious relics of a polite age during recent excavations at the corner of Pall Mall and Saint James’s Street:—
“ When gentlefolk meet, compliments are exchanged. ”

THE DEPRESSION OF IVOR PELHAM MARLAY ON THE NIGHT OF THE 1ST OF MAY, 1921