The Warden of the Marches

by Sydney C. Grier

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

Alterations to the text:

A few minor punctuation corrections—mostly involving the pairing of quotation marks.

Change three instances of “Mrs.” to “Mrs” and one of “Dr.” to “Dr”. Otherwise, minor spelling and hyphenization inconsistencies have been left as is.

[Title Page]

Add illustrator’s credit and brief note indicating this novel’s position in the series. See above.

[Footnotes]

Place the book’s sole footnote (Chapter XIX) in square brackets inline with the text.

[Chapter XI]

Change “said Bahram Kham approvingly” to Khan.

[Chapter XVII]

“and Ghulam Rasal, taking his place” to Rasul.

[Chapter XIX]

“broken off your engagemen” to engagement.

[Chapter XX]

“said the Comissioner with a smile” to Commissioner.

[End of Text]