“I have indifferent eyes, and will show you; but, first, for the good of all lungs, let me extinguish this lamp.”

The next moment, the waning light expired, and with it the waning flames of the horned altar, and the waning halo round the robed man’s brow; while in the darkness which ensued, the cosmopolitan kindly led the old man away. Something further may follow of this Masquerade.

Transcriber’s Note and Errata

The following words are seen in both hyphenated and un-hyphenated forms. The number of instances are given in parentheses.

church-yard (2)churchyard (1)
cross-wise (1)crosswise (1)
thread-bare (1)threadbare (1)

The following typographical errors have been corrected:

PageErrorCorrection
26ACQUANTANCEACQUAINTANCE
54prevailentprevalent
77the thethe
110tranquillitytranquility
112aboxa box
179acommodatesaccommodates
212have havehave
213worldlingg, lutton,worldling, glutton,
227backswoods’backwoods’
229it itit is
265fellewfellow
266principalprinciple
273it itit
275everwhereeverywhere
281SUPRISINGSURPRISING
314freindfriend