The rasp

by Philip MacDonald

Transcriber’s Notes

This transcription follows the text of the edition published by The Dial Press in 1925/1926. However, the following alterations have been made to correct what are believed to be unambiguous errors in the text:

• “houeshold” has been changed to “household” (Chapter III).
• “nineeteen” has been changed to “nineteen” (Chapter V).
• “Hasting’s” has been changed to “Hastings’s” (Chapter VIII).
• “typwritten” has been changed to “typewritten” (Chapter XVII).
• “errudite” has been changed to “erudite” (Chapter XVII).
• “sayiyng” has been changed to “saying” (Chapter XVII).

Finally, two occurrences of unpaired quote marks have been restored. All other apparent errors have been left unchanged.