MY DEAR ROBINSON
It was to your account of a West-Country legend that this tale owes its inception. For this and for your help in the details all thanks. Yours most truly, A. CONAN DOYLE
Hindhead, Haslemere.
First published 1902 Published in Penguin Books August 1937 Reprinted October 1937 Reprinted September 1938 Reprinted December 1939 Reprinted July 1940
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