TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE

Contemporary spellings have been retained evenwhen inconsistent. A small number of obvious typographical errors have beencorrected, and missing punctuation has been silently added. The list of additionalworks by the author has been moved to the end.
The following additional changes have been made; they can be identifiedin the body of the text by a grey dotted underline:

I seemed too dear, too peacefulIt seemed too dear, too peaceful
do a thing that itsdo a thing that is
three tittle escapadesthree little escapades
"you gave me a fright," she she said "you gave me a fright," she said
waiting, with her eyes on Elinora, signwaiting, with her eyes on Elinor, for a sign