LONDON
SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON & CO. LTD.
PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY PURNELL AND SONS
PAULTON, SOMERSET, ENGLAND
TO
MY FRIEND OF YEARS
AND RIGHT TRUSTY COMRADE
HERBERT LONDON POPE
I DEDICATE THIS BOOK AS A SMALL TRIBUTE TO HIS PATIENCE, FAITHFULNESS, AND UNFALTERING LOYALTY: WITH THE EARNEST HOPE THAT TIME MAY BUT KNIT US EVER MORE CLOSE
JEFFERY FARNOL