Additional Transcriber’s Notes:
The following changes, shown in brackets, were made to the original text:
Page 30: “My mother, there is something that I would fain ask. [added missing [double quote] mark at the end of the sentence]
Page 86: More than ever, my father, Never have I [changed comma to a [period]]
Page 138: and Frances noted with dismay [[Francis]]
Page 141: The lord chamberlain turned to Frances [[Francis]]
Page 155: with true page-like officiousness, proferred [[proffered]]
Page 209: her face softening at the apellation. [[appellation]]
Page 214: With a loud laugh at his discomforture [[discomfiture]]
Page 306: The great galleons and galleases [[galleasses]]
Page 318: A huge gallease had her rudder [[galleass]]