TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES.

Sydney C. Grier was the pseudonym of Hilda Caroline Gregg.

This book is part of the author’s “Balkan Series.” The full series, in order, being:

An Uncrowned King
A Crowned Queen
The Kings of the East
The Prince of the Captivity

Alterations to the text:

Puncuation corrections: missing periods, quotation mark pairing, etc.

Note: minor spelling and hyphenization inconsistencies (e.g. ascendency/ascendancy, anteroom/ante-room, by-the-bye/by the bye, etc.) have been preserved.

[Chapter II]

“the pleasure of your accquaintance” to acquaintance.

[Chapter IV]

“interested in Ludswigsbad and your letters” to Ludwigsbad.

[Chapter VI]

Sho grasped the idea at once” to She.

[Chapter VII]

“If it did not suceed in saving” to succeed.

[Chapter X]

“Mansfield thought she was a Kurgast” to Kurgäste.

[Chapter XI]

“from his ecclesiastical lips was doubless a solemn curse” to doubtless.

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