Minor spelling inconsistencies (e.g. hillside/hill-side,
musn’t/mustn’t, wrist-watch/wrist watch, etc.) have been preserved.
Alterations to the text:
Punctuation: fix some quotation mark pairings/nesting and some
missing/invisible periods.
[Chapter Four]
(“Uncle Rufus comes out every few months,” he roadside. said, “to see
if anyone’s) move “roadside.” to the end of the preceding paragraph.
[Chapter Eight]
Change “It _occured_ to her that her reverie was becoming” to
_occurred_.
[Chapter Twelve]
“capable of feeling not the least regret for some _horible_ act” to
_horrible_.
(“If you’ll drive to the East _Hazlewood_ Station,” she told) to
_Hazelwood_.
[Chapter Thirteen]
“Diana reflected for a _monment_” to _moment_.
“But one of the other two will _succeeed_” to _succeed_.
[Chapter Fourteen]
“It was Aunt Emma who held her bound _ankes_” to _ankles_.
[End of text]