These short stories were originally serialized in the _The Strand
Magazine_ volumes 42-44 (1911-12). They _Strand_ series was
consulted for many of the changes listed below.
Minor spelling inconsistencies (e.g., notebook/note-book, passage
way/passage-way, etc.) have been preserved.
Alterations to the text:
Abandon the use of drop-caps.
Fix some quotation mark pairings.
[Chapter III]
Change “The comedy--_it_ it were a comedy--was repeated” to _if_.
“the envelope, which I addressed in large _bald_ letters to” to
_bold_. Also add a comma after _large_.
“engaged _on_ the company’s business” to _in_.
[Chapter IV]
“that _episiode_ at Charing Cross Station was the result” to
_episode_.
[Chapter V]
“then he looked after the _door_--the expression on his face” to
_donor_.
[Chapter VI]
“Moving stealthily towards the man with the _shallow_ cheeks” to
_sallow_.
[Chapter VII]
“_conflower_ blue is her favourite colour” to _cornflower_.
[Chapter IX]
“That cabman carried out my instructions to the letter we certainly
did not exceed the limit I had imposed” add a semicolon after
_letter_.
“ran his fingers through his victim’s pockets with a _swftness_” to
_swiftness_.
[End of text]