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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