TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
Reading edition
Minor spelling inconsistencies (e.g. armchair/arm-chair, card sharpers/card-sharpers, etc.) have been preserved.
Alterations to the text:
Punctuation: fix some quotation mark pairings/nestings and some missing/invisible periods.
Convert the footnote to an endnote.
[Chapter VI]
Change “and an epergne of great chrysanthemums as a centre-plece” to piece.
“Ashe, the discreet, obsequlous butler, a clean-shaven man” to obsequious.
[Chapter IX]
“and hence are sacrified for firewood early in their growth” to sacrificed.
[Chapter XXVI]
(“It is most unforunate, isn’t it?” Then, turning) to unfortunate.
[Chapter XXVII]
“fair-haired débutante, to be sold in the marrige market” to marriage.
[Chapter XXXI]
“uneventful life, with Edith Pearman as her companian” to companion.
[End of text]