Transcriber’s note
Inconsistent hyphenation has been retained: cricket-ball/cricket ball, dinner-party/dinner party, half-hesitatingly/half hesitatingly, ladylike/lady-like, sailor-hat/sailor hat, scarlet-fever/scarlet fever, side-door/side door, side-table/side table, someway/some way, stepmother/step-mother, stuck-up/stuck up, teapot/tea-pot, tiptoe/tip-toe, toothbrushes/tooth-brushes, washstand/wash-stand, writing-table/writing table.
The following words have been retained as printed: cotillon, Wellcome, wofully.