Brooke's Daughter: A Novel

by Adeline Sergeant

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Transcriber's Note

Inconsistent hyphenation and italicization have been retained as-is within the text. Page numbers are documented in the source code.

Here is a list of the minor typographical corrections made:

• [Comma replaced by period after "ETC"]
• [Comma changed to a period after "cents"]
• [Comma changed to a period after "25c"]
• ["loose" changed to "lose"]
• ["had" changed to "Had"]
• ["a a" changed to "a"]
• [Quote added after "mean——"]
• ["show-white" changed to "snow-white"]
• ["a a" changed to "a"]
• ["occurrred" changed to "occurred"]
• ["word" changed to "world"]
• ["fasionably" changed to "fashionably"]
• ["brink" changed to "drink"]
• [Comma changed to period after "doubt"]
• [Quote removed after "I?"]
• ["demeannor" changed to "demeanor"]
• [Period added after "aglow"]
• ["pursued" changed to "pursed"]
• [Quote added after "Club."]
• [Single quote added before the final "t" in "'T'aint"]
• [Comma changed to period after "Romaine"]
• [Comma changed to period after "too"]
• [Quote removed after "even——"]
• ["sonething" changed to "something"]
• ["got" changed to "get"]
• [Quote removed before "Her"]
• ["quitely" changed to "quietly"]
• ["thing" changed to "think"]
• ["Leslie" changed to "Lesley"]
• ["vist" changed to "visit"]
• [Single quote moved to before "prettiness"]
• [Double quote added after "'art'"]
• [Quotation mark removed after "feel."]
• [Comma changed to period after "explanation"]
• ["the the" changed to "the"]
• ["commoness" changed to "commonness"]
• ["Leslie" changed to "Lesley"]
• [Exclamation mark changed to question mark after "Lesley"]
• [Quote added after "dreams!"]
• ["nan" changed to "man"]
• [Quotation mark moved to follow "suppose,"]
• ["againt" changed to "against"]
• [Removed quotation mark after "position,"]
• ["brough" changed to "brought"]
• [Question mark changed to a period after "seat" and following letter capitalized]
• ["then" changed to "them"]
• [Quote added after "behind."]
• [Quotation mark added after "then?"]
• [Period added after "start"]
• ["back ground" changed to "background"]
• [Quote added after "Trent?"]
• ["draw" changed to "drew"]
• [Quotes removed after "Because" and before "your"]
• [Question mark changed to period after "heard"]
• [Comma changed to a period after "Lesley"]
• [Question mark changed to comma after "accommodated"]
• [Quote added after "him."]
• ["night" changed to "night's"]
• ["afaid" changed to "afraid"]
• [Quote removed after "forgive?"]
• ["God God" changed to "Good God"]
• ["need need" changed to "need"]
• ["nowa-days" (hyphenated line-break) changed to "now-a-days"]
• ["sold" changed to "be sold"]
• [".00" changed to ".30"]
• ["33" changed to "38"]
• ["49" changed to "39"]
• ["30" changed to "40"]
• ["48" changed to "43"]
• ["Barret" changed to "Barrett"]
• [Period added after "Manufacturer"]