Minor spelling inconsistencies (_e.g._ moneylender/money-lender,
note-book/note book, womenfolk/women-folk, etc.) have been preserved.
Alterations to the text:
Abandon the use of drop-caps.
Add ToC.
Punctuation: a few missing/invisible periods.
[Chapter Two]
Change “a gorgeous carved sapphire _make_ into a pendant” to _made_.
“very shortly after the _terribly_ tragedy, with instructions” to
_terrible_.
[Chapter Six]
“on a considerable _snm_ of money for its purchase” to _sum_.
[Chapter Eleven]
“The _Storments_ had a small private sitting-room” to _Stormonts_.
[Chapter Seventeen]
“with something of a snarl in his _voiec_” to _voice_.
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