TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
Reading edition
Alterations to the text:
Abandon the use of drop-caps.
Punctuation: fix a few quotation mark pairings/nestings and missing periods.
[First Episode]
Change “I waited for no further explanatians, but, hastily” to explanations.
“her voice, her entire person, as certainly charming—to” to was.
[Third Episode]
“tell him all we know about the ax of ‘Black Goeffrey.’ ” to Geoffrey.
“In the blidness of his anger, Heidelberger failed” to blindness.
[Fourth Episode]
“We were all star ng at Moris Klaw, spellbound with” to staring.
[Fifth Episode]
“He was accompanied by Sir John Carron, Mr. Gautami Chini” to Chinje.
“he removed his coat and waitscoat and threw them upon the table” to waistcoat.
[Sixth Episode]
“Having re-fastened the door, we laid him on a sofa” to refastened.
“the pistol he carred as he rose slowly to his feet” to carried.
(“Curari!” he said, horasely, “the ancient arrow poison) to hoarsely.
[Tenth Episode]
“that one in physics would receive f om you, Fairbank?” to from.
“Whatver happens make no noise.” to Whatever.
“As Klaw appeared, he leapt forward, wild eyed” to wild-eyed.
[End of text]