Part 2 — TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
Reading edition
Minor spelling inconsistencies (e.g. bloodthirsty/blood-thirsty, market-square/market square, etc.) have been preserved.
Alterations to the text:
Formatting: abandon the use of drop-caps and left-align the chapter epigraphs.
Fix some quotation mark pairings/nestings.
Add ToC.
[Chapter II]
Change “I can see your ear eyes opening when you receive this” to dear.
[Chapter III]
“In the lounge hall of the hotle the visitors were assembling” to hotel.
[Chapter IV]
“but quite another to dine tête-à-tête wtih a” to with.
[Chapter VI]
“He leaves for England the day after tomorrow” to to-morrow.
[Chapter VIII]
“Presently, approaching foosteps made her glance round” to footsteps.
[Chapter XXIV]
“a slim girl, like a golden reed, drapped in the garment of the” draped.
“As if brooding on the long dead past, Lebrassa paused again” to long-dead.
[Chapter XXVII]
“knew that beyond lies a secret pasage leading to the heart” to passage.
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