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.