Transcriber’s Note

Words may have inconsistent hyphenation in the text. These have been left unchanged unless indicated below. Paragraphs end without punctuation when followed by a quotation by the same character.

Obvious printing errors, such as backwards, reversed, upside down, or partially printed letters, were corrected. Final stops missing at the end of sentences and abbreviations were added. Duplicate words or letters at line endings or page breaks were removed.

Added omitted words:

“Hilary, [I] love you.
whether he [had] done more good than harm

Spelling corrections:

be greater that [than] she could bear;
rested against Hillary’s [Hilary’s] shoulder
with the tea equippage [equipage]
wishes with resgard [regard] to
She was a very pleasing young women [woman]
glanced at her fatherr [father]
delighted so [to] see her
which, on opening, diclosed [disclosed]
These [There] is a tact
it was one with which no cotemporary [contemporary] love
party at the Vicarge [Vicarage]
observed Hillary [Hilary]
retain the love is [it] does not return
That soft touch overpowed [overpowered] Gwyneth
Had the marrige [marriage] really taken place
thrilled through her fame [frame]