TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES.
Minor spelling inconsistencies (e.g. apostacy/apostasy, gallanty-show/gallanty show, etc.) have been preserved.
Alterations to the text:
Silently correct a few punctuation errors.
[Chapter II]
Change “a black bonnet with a short feather in in” to it.
[Chapter XII]
“His lips repeated the word mechancially” to mechanically.
[Chapter XIV]
“he parted from him in the Cock tavern” italicize Cock.
[Chapter XVII]
“for what was the use to withold the rest” to withhold.
[Chapter XX]
“but panicstruck he shook his head and made for” to panic-struck.
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