The Legend of Heroes : Kuro no Kiseki est un J-RPG produit et développé par Falcom pour célébrer les 40 ans du studio. L'histoire prend place dans la République de Calvard, où le joueur incarne un "Spriggan": sorte de profession clandestine qui accepte tout type de travail. Aussi bien chasseur de prime que détective. Certains personnages de la série The Legend of Heroes font leur retour.
She gave my mother such a turn, that I have always been convinced I am indebted to Miss Betsey for having been born on a Friday. The word was appropriate to the moment. My mother was so much worse that Peggotty, coming in with the teaboard and candles, and seeing at a glance how ill she was, - as Miss Betsey might have done sooner if there had been light enough, - conveyed her upstairs to her own room with all speed; and immediately dispatched Ham Peggotty, her nephew, who had been for some days past secreted in the house, unknown to my mother, as a special messenger in case of emergency, to fetch the nurse and doctor.