TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
Reading edition
The J. W. Arrowsmith Ltd. (1915) edition was consulted for many of the changes listed below.
Minor spelling inconsistencies (e.g. dressing gown/dressing-gown, lifelong/life-long, upkeep/up-keep, etc.) have been preserved.
Alterations to the text:
Merge disjointed contractions.
Punctuation: several missing commas and periods, and some quotation mark pairings.
[Chapter II]
Change (“Have you told Mrs. Carthcart this?” he asked.) to Cathcart.
“when his wordly prospects had seemed much brighter than” to worldly.
[Chapter V]
“had shown extraordinary knowledge of the safes’ contents” to safe’s.
[Chapter VI]
“The Manager himself never quite understood how his chief” to manager.
[Chapter VIII]
“suggested Mr. Warrell, with his eyes stil upraised” to still.
“I will let you know how it developes” to develops.
[Chapter IX]
“Was very absent minded and worried apparently.” to absent-minded.
(“Perhaps you would like to go,” he had suggested. briefly. “I am) delete the first period.
[Chapter X]
“never failed to excite great, interest” delete the comma.
“the abstract problem of the chureh” to church.
[Chapter XI]
“there are lot of little things I might be able to discover.” to lots.
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