Preface

           Thedateatwhichthefollowingeventsareassumedtohaveoccurredmaybesetdownasbetween1840and1850,whentheoldwateringplacehereincalled“Budmouth”stillretainedsufficientafterglowfromitsGeorgiangaietyandprestigetolenditanabsorbingattractivenesstotheromanticandimaginativesoulofalonelydwellerinland.

           Underthegeneralnameof“EgdonHeath,”whichhasbeengiventothesombresceneofthestory,areunitedortypifiedheathsofvariousrealnames,tothenumberofatleastadozen;thesebeingvirtuallyoneincharacterandaspect,thoughtheiroriginalunity,orpartialunity,isnowsomewhatdisguisedbyintrusivestripsandslicesbroughtundertheploughwithvaryingdegreesofsuccess,orplantedtowoodland.

           Itispleasanttodreamthatsomespotintheextensivetractwhosesouthwesternquarterisheredescribed,maybetheheathofthattraditionaryKingofWessex—Lear.

           July,1895.

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