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Transcriber’s Note
Errors in punctuation were corrected silently. Also the following corrections were made, on page
18 “goal” changed to “gaol” (She’s in the county gaol.)
77 “wan’t” changed to “want” (If you want me I shall be found)
98 “litttle” changed to “little” (a little given to scheming)
132 “litttle” changed to “little” (they’ll be a little too much)
203 “as” changed to “at” (We laughed at him about)
203 “postilion” changed to “postillion” (the postillion in his undress jacket)
204 “plaecs” changed to “places” (finding places for)
207 “Todhetloy” changed to “Todhetley” (talked to me about you, Mr. Todhetley.)
223 “o” changed to “of” (with roving ideas of Australia)
230 “Sophonsiba” canged to “Sophonisba” (Sophonisba was treated as)
277 “or” changed to “of” (a letter of warm thanks)
357 “roon” changed to “room” (the billiard-room)
405 “Jonnny” changed to “Johnny” (to Alcester, Johnny,” said the Pater)
432 “grande” changed to “Grande” (She turned up the Grande Rue).
Otherwise the original was preserved, including inconsistent spelling and hyphenation.