TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES.

Florence Warden was the pseudonym of Florence Alice (Price) James.

The F. V. White & Co. edition (London, 1896) was referenced for most of the changes listed below and provided the cover image.

Minor spelling inconsistencies (e.g. lime-trees/lime trees, stepmother/step-mother, etc.) have been preserved.

Alterations to the text:

Punctuation: missing periods, quotation mark pairings/nestings, etc.

[Chapter I]

Change (“That’s what I aways say. Especially a widow.) to always.

[Chapter III]

“the little scene, was looking out of window.” add the after of.

[Chapter IV]

“not comfortable with her, the fault was her’s and her father’s” to hers.

“slight objection I had to your going to the ‘The Towers’ has” delete the first the.

(Don’t you think that a little dog always looks rather, rather odd?) change the comma and space after the first rather to an m-dash.

[Chapter V]

athough she had forgotten that it was from the lips of” to although.

(It led to awful consequnces in my case,” added Mrs. Dale) to consequences.

[Chapter VIII]

“Mrs. Dale lay down on the couch beween the windows” to between.

[Chapter XIV]

“If anyting has happened to her, it is the fault of” to anything.

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