Transcriber's Notes:

Obvious punctuation errors repaired.

[Page 28], a line of repeated text was deleted. The original text read:

except so far as their words went to convince his
mistress of his guilt. What would she do to him?
mistress of his guilt. What would she do to him?

[Page 220], a line of repeated text was deleted. The original text read:

"Come, Mollie," said he, in a gentle, subdued
tone, at the fore-scuttle.
tone; at the fore-scuttle.

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