Obvious errors of punctuation and diacritics repaired.
Hyphen added: good-nature (p. 88), half-way (p. 133), light-hearted (p. 111), over-wrought (p. 135), school-girl (p. 35).
Hyphen removed: dreamland (p. 164), hillside (p. 320), lifetime (p. 33).
The following words appear both with and without hypens and have not been changed: off[-]hand.
Pp. 8, 158: "Fortheringham" changed to "Fotheringham".
P. 11: "alterative" changed to "alternative" (a very agreeable alternative).
P. 42: "biddin" changed to "bidding" (only too happy to do her bidding).
P. 99: "hat" changed to "that" (there is no necessity for that).
P. 111: "he" changed to "she" (she might console herself).
P. 111: "protégé" changed to "protégée" (her protégée be put beyond the reach of danger).