TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES.
Sydney C. Grier was the pseudonym of Hilda Caroline Gregg.
This book is part of the author’s “Modern East” series. The full series, in order, being:
The Flag of the Adventurer
Two Strong Men
The Advanced-Guard
His Excellency’s English Governess
Peace With Honour
The Warden of the Marches
The last line on page 308 is missing, leaving the sentence “If the Pasha were here, I would go straight to” unfinished. I have marked this lacuna in the text. This flaw (as well as those below) is also present in the 1896 and 1902 Blackwood (UK) editions. If you can provide the missing text from an authoritative source please contact Project Gutenberg support.
Alterations to the text:
A few minor punctuation corrections—mostly involving the pairing of quotation marks.
Note: minor spelling and hyphenization inconsistencies have been left as is.
[Title Page]
Add brief note indicating this novel’s position in the series. See above.
[Footnotes]
Relabel footnote markers, collect footnotes at end of text, and add an entry to the TOC.
[Chapter III]
Change “mingled Turkish, Circassian, and Egyptain blood” to Egyptian.
[Chapter VII]
“they were conducted to a minature courtyard” to miniature.
[Chapter IX]
“Much suprised that the Pasha should pay” to surprised.
[Chapter XVI]
“he was at first ininclined to admire” to inclined.
[Chapter XVII]
“observation of Sir Dugald and Captain Rossitter” to Rossiter.
[Chapter XXII]
“while a brisk fusilade from the summit” to fusillade.
[Chapter XXVI]
“Um Yusuf shook her head but Cecil, knowing the...” add comma after head.
[Chapter XXVII]
“the ceremomy was to be performed by Dr Yehudi” to ceremony.
[End of Text]