Front matter
Reading edition
SIR JOHN DERING
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
The Broad Highway
The Amateur Gentleman
The Money Moon
The Hon. Mr. Tawnish
The Chronicles of the Imp
Beltane the Smith
The Definite Object
The Geste of Duke Jocelyn
Our Admirable Betty
Black Bartlemy’s Treasure
Martin Conisby’s Vengeance
Peregrine’s Progress
Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd.
SIR JOHN DERING
A ROMANTIC COMEDY
BY JEFFERY FARNOL AUTHOR OF “THE BROAD HIGHWAY” ETC.
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
Sussex