Excerpt from Fitz of Fitz-Ford, Vol. 1 of 3: A Legend of Devon

Nor unsung

Be here the Tavy, mountain-born, the theme

Of the old bard. The duteous river laves,

Fair Tavistock, thine abbey"s mould"ring walls,

And flows complaining by. O ye who dwell

Around yon ruins, guard the precious charge

From hands profane! Carrington.

It has of late been much the custom with writers who raise a superstructure of fiction on a foundation of truth, to pretend that, for the narrative they lay before the public, they are indebted to some lucky chance; such as finding a manuscript in an old chest, or amongst family papers in an ancient castle.

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