Transcriber’s Notes
This transcription follows the text of the Penguin reprint edition published in 1950. However, the following alterations have been made to correct what are believed to be unambiguous errors in the text:
- “handerkerchief” has been changed to “handkerchief” (Chapter III);
- “taken an on expression” has been changed to “taken on an expression” (Chapter IV);
- “Abberhaw” has been changed to “Abbershaw” (Chapter VI);
- “as the fatal one” has been changed to “was the fatal one” (Chapter XV);
- A semicolon at the end of a paragraph has been changed to a colon. (Chapter XV);
- “glanced him” has been changed to “glanced at him” (Chapter XXII);
- “if he had” has been changed to “if we had” (Chapter XXVII).
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