Transcriber’s Notes
This transcription follows the text of the edition published by Grosset & Dunlap in February, 1928. However, the following alterations have been made to correct what are believed to be unambiguous errors in the text:
- “usally” was corrected to “usually” (Chapter I).
- “sufficent” was corrected to “sufficient” (Chapter I).
- “inqiringly” was corrected to “inquiringly” (Chapter I).
- “deadful” was corrected to “dreadful” (Chapter II).
- “artifical” was corrected to “artificial” (Chapter II).
- “reassurred” was corrected to “reassured” (Chapter III).
- “even since” was corrected to “ever since” (Chapter IV).
- “That’s was” was corrected to “That was” (Chapter VI).
- “her’s” was corrected to “hers” (Chapter IX).
- “lot’s of” was corrected to “lots of” (Chapter XI).
- “Froggart” was corrected to “Froggatt” (Chapter XIII).
- “spiney” was corrected to “spinney” (Chapter XIV).
- “orginal” was corrected to “original” (Chapter XIV).
- “out of question” was corrected to “out of the question” (Chapter XV).
- Three occurrences of mismatched quotation marks were repaired.
- One occurrence of a missing em dash was repaired.