Transcriber’s Note
A few errors in punctuation were corrected silently. Also the following corrections were made, on page
152 “TRAGDEY” changed to “TRAGEDY” (In chapter header.)
170 “Todhetly” changed to “Todhetley” (from Mr. Todhetley. That was)
188 “bank-notes” changed to “bank-note” (the bank-note did not turn up)
223 “by-and-bye” changed to “by-and-by” (would join them by-and-by.)
239 “Danäe” changed to “Danaë” (Jupiter went courting Danaë)
284 “I” added (Section header)
324 “an” changed to “as” (give up Tom Rivers also, as you will)
349 “a” added (than he had ever taken of a baby yet).
Otherwise the original was preserved, including inconsistent spelling and hyphenation.