To
MY SON
JOHN MONTAGU ORCZY BARSTOW
2nd Lieut. 17th Lancers
I dedicate to you this story of the brave days of Old Cambray, as a token of fervent prayer that the valiant city will once again be freed from the thrall of foreign foes by your gallant comrades in arms, as she was in those far-off troublous times, which were so full of heroism and of romance.
EMMUSKA ORCZY
BEARSTED, 1918.