TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES.

Minor spelling inconsistencies (e.g. foresworn/forsworn, Goodbye/Good-bye, etc.) have been preserved.

Alterations to the text:

Add TOC.

Assorted punctuation corrections.

[Part I/Chapter V]

Change “to mend what you have helped to marr!” to mar.

[Part II/Chapter V]

“these delicate nouances of taste and selection” to nuances.

[Part II/Chapter XII]

(“O, Louis! O, mon bien aimé! que les artifices...”) italicize French text.

[Part III /Chapter IV]

“stood up against the rising ride, fearless before its roar” to tide.

[Part III/Chapter V]

“Cassandra, ma belle prêtesse, ma petite!” to prêtresse (French for “priestess”).

[Part III/Chapter VI]

“those nouances of alienation which only love” to nuances.

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