Footnotes

[1] She was the daughter of old Sir Jasper Shelton, a poor family, but very respectable, and connected with the Westerns.

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE Contemporary spellings have been retained evenwhen inconsistent. A small number of obvious typographical errors have beencorrected and missing punctuation has been silently added. The following additional changes have been made; they can be identifiedin the body of the text by a grey dotted underline:
news with which her heart was beating were	news with which her heart was beating was
neither here not there	neither here nor there
the trouble which has overtaken his brother	the trouble which had overtaken his brother
wiled the night away	whiled the night away
his handkerchief to this eyes	his handkerchief to his eyes
Notwithstanding, that fact is, that	Notwithstanding, the fact is, that
than ever come out of mortal loom	than ever came out of mortal loom
keep on Thompson; (…) for Thomson…	keep on Thompson; (…) for Thompson…