THE HIGH TOBY

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

Galloping Dick Captain Fortune Skirts of Happy Chance The Adventurers Twisted Eglantine

BUT, BEING BY THE DOOR, HE SWEPT IT OPEN WITH A MOVEMENT, AND BACKED INTO THE PASSAGE

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First Published in 1906

To J. M. BARRIE

My Dear Barrie,—It is all but twenty years since we were first acquainted, for if we live till the spring of 1908, our friendship will have reached its majority. Of those far-off days I cherish, as I believe you do, a grateful memory. How many problems had we to discuss, how many ideals had we to satisfy, and how much ambition had we to fulfil! I think you, at least, have gone far to fulfil all yours, who have written your name indelibly in the literature of our generation. That name I am, after the long lapse of years, prefixing to this book of stories, in the hope that they will interest you, and as a testimony to the enduring quality of our friendship.

Yours always,

H. B. MARRIOTT WATSON.

January 1906