Transcriber’s Notes

The following corrections have been made in the text:
[1]

‘vived’ replaced with ‘vivid’

(he looked at the vivid fish)

[2]

‘Monseiur’ replaced with ‘Monsieur’

(“Monsieur,” he answered,)

[3]

- ‘Monsiegneur’ replaced with ‘Monseigneur’

(“I lost that in Bohemia, Monseigneur.”)

[4]

‘Seguy’ replaced with ‘Séguy’

(For Mademoiselle de Séguy’s sake,)