Mrs. Spring Fragrance

by Sui Sin Far

Transcriber’s Note

Several words appear with and without hyphenation, and are retained as printed: passersby/passers-by, everyday/every-day, singsong/sing-song, doorstep/door-step.

Errors deemed most likely to be the printer’s have been corrected, and are noted here. The references are to the page and line in the original.

[3.11]	comforted Mrs. Spring Fragrance[,]	Added.
[4.22]	said Mr[.] Spring Fragrance	Added.
[36.6]	but schoolgirls in comparison.[”]	Added.
[50.21]	in a long yellow book[.]	Added.
[114.26]	“Oh![”] I cried,	Added.
[119.28]	‘Let me pass, sir,[’]	Added.
[119.29]	in that tone of voice.[’]”	Removed.
[146.29]	think of no reply to Lin [W/F]o’s speech.	Replaced.
[152.21]	At these word the girl bent	Added.
[171.22]	[“]She seems less every day,”	Added.
[172.12]	“Then,[”] said the young fellow,	Added.
[174.21]	The lawyer moved le[si/is]urely	Transposed.
[228.8]	a little mouse sqeaked it	Inserted.
[281.17]	making worse my broken wing[?/.]	Replaced.
[284.15]	answered the other birds.[”]	Removed.
[315.10]	smile and sing whe[n]ever she had the baby	Inserted.
[328.28]	She [was] interested	Inserted.