Angelica's Grotto

Acknowledgements

For accuracy of detail I am indebted to the following people,

listed here in alphabetical order: Jo Barnardo; Gordon

Beckmann; Isabelle de la Bruyère; Michael Hardwicke; Ben

Hoban; Ruth James; Sion Lewis; F. J. Lillie; John Naughton;

Doris Patterson; Thomas Seydoux; and Linda Wheeldon.

I am grateful to Dominic Power and Phoebe Hoban for

comments and encouragement on the manuscript. Lastly, my

special thanks to Rebecca_______, whose face I borrowed

for Melissa. The George III Mental Health Centre is

imaginary.