TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
Florence Warden was the pseudonym of Florence Alice (Price) James.
Minor spelling inconsistencies (e.g. dinner-gong/dinner gong, newcomer/new-comer, etc.) have been preserved.
Alterations to the text:
Punctuation: quotation mark pairings and a missing comma.
[Chapter XII]
“though Lady Sarah appared to be chattering idly to Jack” to appeared.
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