Transcriber's Note:
The following typographical errors in the original text have been corrected.
In Part I, Chapter V, "religous monomania" has been changed to "religious monomania".
In Part I, Chapter VIII, "Yes, I wan you immediately" has been changed to "Yes, I want you immediately".
In Part I, Chapter XIII, "photograpers" has been changed to "photographers".
In Part II, Chapter IV, "siezed" has been changed to "seized".
In Part II, Chapter X, a missing quotation mark has been added to the sentence,
Upon the steel blade was graven, in golden letters, "Buona notte; and "Buona notte! buona notte," I kept incoherently murmuring.
In Part II, Chapter XII, "distinguised" has been changed to "distinguished".