Transcriber's Notes
1. Punctuation has been normalized to contemporary standards.
2. "Sorrel" was originally misspelled "Sorrell" on these pages:
p. 15: "Mrs. Sorrel would be sorry"
p. 15: "Matt Sorrel never did anything"
p. 18: "Sorrel, I assure you!"
p. 18: "Mrs. Sorrel peered at him"
p. 19: "Mrs. Sorrel did not attempt"
p. 20: "Mrs. Sorrel visibly swelled"
3. Individual spelling corrections and context:
p. 30 pressent -> present ("always been present")
p. 34 thresold -> threshold ("standing shyly on the thresold")
p. 44 repudiatel -> repudiated ("firmly repudiated")
p. 77 temprary -> temporary ("such temporary pleasures")
p. 82 kitting -> knitting ("went on kitting rapidly")
p. 85 Brush -> Bush ("and Bill Bush")
p. 99 her -> he ("And he drew out")
p. 92 undisguisel -> undisguised ("undisguised admiration")
p. 116 a -> I ("if I can")
p. 147 Wothram -> Wrotham ("answered Lord Wrotram")
p. 157 scared -> scared ("scarred his vision")
p. 184 sungly -> snugly ("was snugly ensconced")
p. 190 mintes -> minutes ("A few minutes scramble")
p. 255 must -> much ("dare not talk much")
p. 270 acomplished -> accomplished ("fairly accomplished")
p. 276 gentlemen -> gentleman ("rank of a gentleman")
p. 335 me -> be ("There must be")
p. 359 severel -> several ("writing several letters")
p. 372 childred -> children ("sees his children")
p. 396 troubed -> troubled ("quite confused and troubled")
p. 399 addessed -> addressed ("to whom it was addressed")