Inconsistencies in hyphenation such as “heart-breaking”/“heartbreaking” have been maintained.
Minor punctuation and spelling errors have been silently corrected and, except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, especially in dialogue, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.
[Page 47]: “There is a brief silence interruped” changed to “There is a brief silence interrupted”.
[Page 62]: “I didn’t belive” changed to “I didn’t believe”.
[Page 78]: “Jimmy has awakened and cried most pitfully” changed to “Jimmy has awakened and cried most pitifully”.