For this txt-version italics were surrounded with _underscores_, words
in Old English font with +signs+, and small capitals changed to all
capitals.
Errors in punctuation were corrected silently. Also the following
corrections were made, on page
23 "harbonr" changed to "harbour" (efforts to make the harbour.)
40 "lives" changed to "live" (How does he live then?)
71 "soireé" changed to "soirée" (home at night from some soirée)
78 "interupted" changed to "interrupted" (interrupted Nancy)
88 "déjeuner" changed to "déjeûner" ( whilst I was preparing the
déjeûner)
105 "to-morow" changed to "to-morrow" (he probably will be here
to-morrow)
111 "Livinia" changed to "Lavinia" (Lavinia did not herself talk
about)
201 "ano er" changed to "another" (another doctor who had the
reputation)
312 "Jocobson" changed to "Jacobson" (the way old Jacobson came
bursting in.)
418 "inpudence" changed to "impudence" (Madam Sophie's native
impudence came to her aid).
Otherwise the original was preserved, including inconsistent spelling
and hyphenation.