I should like to thank Sir Norris Kenyon, J.P., B.Sc., L.C.C., a Chairman of the Metropolitan Juvenile Courts, and Mr. C. J. Collinge, Chief Clerk of the Courts, for valuable help and advice; also Inspector Rogers of Bow Street, for his assistance, and the Governors and Secretary of the Arethusa Training Ship, for permission to use its name.

I must also give thanks for very special help to Mr. Alex Gaudin of L’Escargot, whose father, once upon a time, had a little restaurant like Vincent’s but not, of course, in Catford Street.

R. G.