‘It is absolutely necessary, Mr Walcheren,’ replied the coroner, ‘the husband’s testimony may prove the most important of all. I cannot, in the pursuit of my duty, excuse the presence of your cousin. Call Mr Frederick Walcheren.’
And all eyes were turned eagerly towards the door, to watch the advent of the greatest sufferer of all by this most hapless adventure.
END OF VOL. I.
COLSTON AND COMPANY, PRINTERS, EDINBURGH.
Transcriber's note
Minor punctuation errors have been changed without notice. The following Printer errors have been changed:
| CHANGED | FROM | TO |
| Page [2]: | “by-and-bye” | “by-and-by” |
| Page [21]: | “dinner-time” | “dinner time” |
| Page [21]: | “half-an-hour” | “half an hour” |
| Page [40] | “unbrella” | “umbrella” |
| Page [47]: | “anyone of the other” | “any one of the other” |
| Page [49]: | “spend-thrift” | “spendthrift” |
| Page [56]: | “Well, really, father” | “Well, really, Father” |
| Page [57]: | “liason” | “liaison” |
| Page [61]: | “six thirty” | “six-thirty” |
| Page [67]: | “promise not see” | “promise not to see” |
| Page [78]: | “prententions” | “pretensions” |
| Page [80]: | “Brunnel” | “Brunell” |
| Page [95]: | “think off” | “think of” |
| Page [111]: | “Your’s” | “Yours” |
| Page [132]: | “remains of breakfast was” | “remains of the breakfast were” |
| Page [138]: | “paralysed us us” | “paralysed us” |
| Page [155]: | “half-an-hour” | “half an hour” |
| Page [161]: | “he begun” | “he began” |
| Page [169]: | “out of her’s” | “out of hers” |
| Page [202]: | “chosing his words” | “choosing his words” |
| Page [210]: | “ividly white” | “vividly white” |
| Page [210]: | “s probably something” | “is probably something” |
| Page [227]: | “if the effect” | “If the effect” |
| Page [228]: | “Proctor” | “Procter” |
| Page [232]: | “Proctor” | “Procter” |
| Page [238]: | “of hs” | “of his” |
All other inconsistencies are as in the original.