Additional Transcriber’s Notes:
The following changes were made to the original text. The change is enclosed in brackets:
Page 15: Then, glancing at he clock, [the]
Page 22: The result of it had been to develop certainly miserly instincts [certain]
Page 26: There is a man at out house [our]
Page 41: He looked at he envelope, [the]
Page 57: It's splendid match, [added ‘a’: It's a splendid match]
Page 110: would beggar her by stopping it altogther [altogether]
Page 169: My dear Miss Dundas [added beginning double quote]
Page 180: “Who is that coming up the drive?” asked th [the]
Page 208: This was characteristic of the cautious Ormsby's [Ormsbys]
Page 216: and I don't intend of have my daughter [to]
Page 231: And, as I've disgraced the family, I'd-- [added missing double quote mark at the end of the sentence]
Page 257: he said, beckoning her authoritively. [authoritatively]
Page 265: Dick Swinton in done for. [is]
Page 274: It is enough for me, Dick--but it is the others--father, and-- [added missing double quote mark at the end of the sentence]