The formal way in which people addressed each other in those days, even within the same social stratum, is accurately portrayed here. This story was written and takes place around 1905, a time of social extremes, when some people were enormously rich and influential but many were living in unbelievable poverty. Walton's later works, and readers can be assured that no children were harmed in the writing of this book! Walton is only connected with mawkish stories like Little Dot, where a young girl wanders around a graveyard, watching funerals and cheerfully facing an early death. The neighbourhood is now a mixed residential and industrial area. The station used to be just across the road. Enter 'Daisy Street, Bilston, Staffordshire' into Google Maps, and on the satellite image the path of the old railway line can be seen coming in from the north at the junction of Daisy Street, Ash Street and Rounds Road. The railway cutting at Daisy Bank is still there today.

Many of the descriptions must come from Mrs. Walton and her husband lived for some years in Wolverhampton, a few miles north of Daisy Bank described in detail here. It has been lightly abridged for this edition to help the story flow more smoothly. Walton, the well-known author of children's books such as A Peep Behind the Scenes and Christie's Old Organ. This romantic mystery for adults is by Mrs. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of the copyright owner of this book.Ĭlick here for more abridged Christian classics Any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.Īll rights reserved.

The names of places and people are from the original work. Named locations are used fictitiously, and characters and incidents are the product of the original author's imagination. This romantic mystery story gives an intriguing glimpse into the class extremes that existed in Edwardian England, with wealthy titled families on one side, and some families living in terrible poverty on the other.

Walton, this edition has been lightly abridged and edited to make it easier to read and understand today. Written in 1905 by the much-loved author Mrs. Two women are vying for Kenneth’s attention - Lady Violet, the young daughter of Lady Earlswood, and Marjorie Douglas, the daughter of a widowed parson’s wife. But he is only able to learn incomplete facts about his past, because a name has been obliterated from a very important letter. Living the life of a wealthy man, Kenneth Fortescue receives devastating news from his father.

The Lost Clue by Mrs. O.F. Walton