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The Ethel of this story is a fascinating creature who would have a good time wherever there were a few males, but no longer could she voyage through life quite so jollily without attracting the attention of the censorious. Chaperon seems to be one of the very few good words of which our authoress had never heard.

- J.M. Barrie, Preface to The Young Visiters by Daisy Ashford (age 9) (1919)  [full text]