_AUTHOR'S NOTE_
_I wish to acknowledge my indebtedness to conversations, many years
ago, with the late Karl Emil Franzos for important incidents in
Chapter Forty-Four, which, founded on fact, were in part incorporated
by the Russo-Jewish writer in his noble book, "The Chief Justice."_
_Also I wish to say that Tolstoy told me, through his daughter, that
similar incidents occurring in Russia (although he altered them
materially) had suggested the theme of his great novel,
"Resurrection."_
_For as much knowledge as I may have been able to acquire of Manx law
and legal procedure, I am indebted to Mr. Ramsey B. Moore, the
Attorney-General in the Isle of Man, the scene of my story._
_H. C._
_Greeba Castle,
Isle of Man._