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:
Punctuation corrections: quotation mark pairing.
Note: minor spelling and hyphenization inconsistencies (e.g. wofully/woefully, lifelong/life-long, newspaper-man/newspaper man, etc.) have been preserved.
[Chapter IV]
Change “caught up a long knife ... off of the payment” to pavement.
[Chapter VI]
[“This is terrible!” murmered Lady Caerleon.] to murmured.
[Chapter XII]
“had met the Grand-Duchesss of Schwarzwald-Molzau” to Duchess.
[Chapter XVI]
“Lord Caerlon also produced a distinct impression” to Caerleon.
[Chapter XXI]
“Helene cried a greal deal without feeling” to great.
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