Florence Warden was the pseudonym of Florence Alice (Price) James.

The Ward & Downey edition (3 vol., London, 1887) was referenced for most of the changes listed below.

Minor spelling inconsistencies (e.g. armchair/arm-chair, lattice-work/lattice work, etc.) have been preserved.

Alterations to the text:

Punctuation: missing periods, quotation mark pairings/nestings, etc.

Italicize two incidents of “fiacre” to maintain consistency.

[Chapter VI]

Change “At last a board creeked in the hall outside” to creaked.

[Chapter VII]

“of which her vegetabe nature… began to describle to her visitor” to vegetable and describe, respectively.