Transcriber's Notes
Spacing around ellipses and em-dashes is as in the original.
The images are whole page illustrations, which have been moved in this eBook to the relevant part of the text. The link in the List of Illustrations to Page 240 has therefore been adjusted to point to Page 242 instead.
The following corrections have been made to the text:
[Page 6]: “{original had a single quotation mark}Well, if you want her to go to this party, you’d better make a bargain with her. I know her.”
[Page 12]: “{original had a single quotation mark}I’m free an’ a half, an’ I don’t take off my cloves at a party,”
[Page 14]: “{original had a single quotation mark}Why?”
[Page 32]: There was something about the little beggar——{original had superfluous closing quotation mark}
[Page 46]: “Put her down and let{original had ler} her walk then.
[Page 67]: “Most flattering. I would prefer that.”{original omitted closing quotation mark}