Transcriber's Note
Punctuation errors have been corrected.
The following suspected printer's errors have been addressed.
Page 25: A word fragment 'stea' was removed as it seemed to be unecessary and out of context. ("I'm startled sir." stea)
Page 79: Rumbble changed to Rumble. (are they Mrs Rumble—eh?)
Page 90: aud changed to and. (and with a pen in his fingers)
Page 139: and changed to an. (an old château)
Page 151: sear changed to sere. (no bloom restores the sere)
Page 184: Iv'e changed to I've. (I've had a word of trouble)
Page 206: dog-skin changed to doe-skin. (her thin hand, in doe-skin glove)