His Hour

Dedication

With grateful homage and devotion I dedicate this book to

Her Imperial Highness

The Grand Duchess Vladimir

Of Russia

In memory of the happy evenings spent in her gracious presence when

reading to her these pages, which her sympathetic aid, in facilitating

my opportunities for studying the Russian character, enabled me to

write. Her kind appreciation of the finished work is a source of the

deepest gratification to me.

Elinor Glyn

St. Petersburg, May, 1910