The Moor

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Dr. Merriol Baring-Gould Almond and the Reverend David Shacklock, for correcting as many of my missteps as I would allow

The Reverend Geoffrey Ball, rector of Lew Trenchard Church

Mr. Bill Crum, a mine of information

Ms. Kate De Groot, for bringing Brother Adam to my attention

Mr. Dave German and the other helpful shepherds of Princetown's High Moorland Visitor Information Centre

Mr. James and Ms. Sue Murray, whose conversion of Lew House into Lewtrenchard Manor Hotel has been done with the same grace and warmth they show their visitors (and to Holly and Duma, who together do a very effective nocturnal imitation of the Hound)

Ms. Jo Pitesky, for the lost Russelism on page 28

Mr. David Scheiman (the real one), one of the good people

Ms. Mary Schnitzer, and to all of the readers.

They are not to be held responsible for any factual errors that may, either through misunderstanding or with malice afterthought, have stubbornly persisted into the final work. There are times, after all, when a writer must twist the truth in order to tell it.

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