Some inconsistent punctuation (e.g. schoolroom vs. school-room) has been retained from the original.
Page 1, corrected "portentious silence" to "portentous silence."
Page 13, corrected "should-ders" to "shoulders" ("which had slipped from her shoulders").
Page 17, corrected "Dean" to "Dane" in "Leslie Dane drew the old man aside."
Page 21, corrected typo "necesary" in "Is it necessary to reveal it?"
Page 29, corrected comma to apostrophe in "gossip in the servants' hall."
Page 37, Added missing close single quote after "present woes and past" and corrected "iudustry" to "industry." Added missing single quotes around poem beginning "Ah! who can tell how hard it is to climb."
Page 39, added missing space to "every one" in "every one has been like a stab."
Page 44, corrected "herself" to "himself" in "waited a proper season to declare himself." Retained unusual spelling "impident" as presumed dialect.
Page 52, changed "yov" to "you" and "he" to "the" in "you to refuse Colonel Carlyle, and remain here to cheat her out of the...." Corrected typo "difficulty" in "the difficult art of self-control." Corrected typo "humilation" in "humiliation of her clever, handsome daughter." Corrected single to double quote before "It is impossible for me to marry...."