New York—G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS—London
Transcriber’s Note
The following corrections have been made, on page
1 “NEIGHBOR’S” changed to “NEIGHBOUR’S” (THROUGH MY NEIGHBOUR’S WINDOWS)
21 “fain’t” changed to “faint” (she’d faint, and then her mother would)
61 “Your” changed to “You” (You work for Mr. Stuart?)
102 ‘ added (full of tears. ‘My darling)
136 “maligant” changed to “malignant” (while a malignant expression flitted across)
151 ’ added (An’ I puts my arms quite around)
176 . changed to , (nothing going on there,” I reminded)
182 ’ changed to ” (hope you’re ready for it.”)
194 “pour” changed to “pore” (all the papers and pore over them)
204 ’ removed (“But why?”)
238 ‘ removed (“I had been walking rapidly along)
258 ” changed to ’ (I will kill you.’ Yes, I said that).
Otherwise the original was preserved, including unusual and inconsistent spelling and inconsistent hyphenation.
Also the decorative chapter beginnings and endings were preserved as in the original: the decorations at the beginning of chapters 14 and 15 are the same and not every chapter has a decoration at the end.