Transcriber's Notes
1. Punctuation has been normalized to contemporary standards.
2. Typographic errors corrected from original:
p. 13 find to fine ("fine head for mathematics")
p. 63 "Mr. Mr." to "Mr." ("pacify Mr. Matthews")
p. 78 "hubhub" to "hubbub" ("heard above the hubbub")
p. 96 "grumly" to "grimly" ("said Aunt Matilda, grimly")
p. 129 "buiness" to "business" ("business should not be diverted")
p. 181 or to for ("for it was quite evident")