Transcriber’s note
Inconsistent hyphenation has been retained: bedtime/bed-time, bookcase/book-case, child-life/child life, currant-bushes/currant bushes, drawing-room/drawing room, eiderdown/eider-down, everyday/every-day, forever/for ever, heartbroken/heart-broken, hearthrug/hearth-rug, nightgown/night-gown, nightgowns/night-gowns, someone/some one, washstand/wash-stand, washing-day/washing day.
The following words have been retained as printed: woful, wofully.
Occasional inconsistencies in character names (Phyl/Phil, Phyllida/Phyllis, Clif/Cliff) have been regularised.