TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE:
Obvious typographical errors in spelling and punctuation have been corrected without comment. One example of an obvious typographical error is on page 345 where the word "irrevocaable" was changed to "irrevocable" in the phrase: "The irrevocable was accomplished." Other than obvious typographical errors, the author's original spelling, punctuation, hyphenation and use of accents has been left intact with the following exceptions:
Page 24: "tile" was changed to "tie" in the phrase: "... one silk tie..."
Page 99: "lovelily" was changed to "lovely" in the phrase: "... her lovely disparted bosom..."
Page 206: "darkled": was changed to "darted" in the phrase: "And they darted between the planets..."
Page 251: The phrase: "... some one's else success." was changed to: "... some one else's success."
Page 284: "ditto" was changed to "ditty" in the phrase: "... it was a romping ditty...."
Page 423: A question mark (?) was changed to a period (or full-stop) in the sentence ending: "... stealth of clandestine lovers."
The author's use of the words "thridding" and "thredding" have been left unchanged as in the following instances:
Page 13: "... as it thridded the unpoliced traffic...."
Page 67: "... he was now thridding the maze...."
Page 380: "... thredding the increasingly mucilaginous crowd...."