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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