Transcriber’s Notes
This transcription follows the text of the edition published by Little, Brown, and Company in February, 1927. However, the following alterations have been made to correct what are believed to be unambiguous errors in the text:
- “semed” has been changed to “seemed” (Chapter VII);
- “Westerhanger” has been changed to “Westenhanger” (Chapter X);
- “generaations” has been changed to “generations” (Chapter XIV).
All other seeming errors have been allowed to stand. (Note in particular that the name of the jewellery firm has not been regularized, as it is rendered variously as Starbeck, Starbeck’s, and Starbecks, with no clear preference of one use over another.)