LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| The Great Fire of London (Colour) | [Frontispiece] | |
| She was beginning to think she liked her godmother | Facing page | [14] |
| The Slave Market (Colour) | " " | [24] |
| Canterbury Pilgrims (Colour) | " " | [72] |
| The Royal Barge (Colour) | " " | [104] |
| Charles I | " " | [124] |
| The King entered, leading the Queen by the hand | " " | [130] |
| A Sedan Chair (Colour) | " " | [160] |
I
Magic London
All her life up to the time she was eleven years old, Betty had heard about, but never seen, her godmother. The reason for this, was that until a year ago, Betty’s home had been far away in the country, while Godmother Strangeways lived in London. Then, just when the child’s father and mother moved to town, Godmother decided to travel abroad. So it happened that Betty had been more than a year in London before she met the old lady who afterwards made such a difference in her life.
She never forgot the first day she met her.
“Your godmother has come back,” said her mother one morning at breakfast time, as with a curious smile she passed a letter to her husband.
“Has she? Oh, I do want to see her!” exclaimed Betty.
“Well, you will. She wants you to spend the day with her to-morrow.”
“Aren’t you and Dad coming too?”
“No, she wants you alone. She’s sending her car to fetch you to-morrow at eleven o’clock. Your father and I will go to see her another time.”