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[Transcriber's Note:
Alternative spellings retained, punctuation normalized.
Italics denoted by underscore (_).
P. 268: "impenetrable veil that has long shrouded the proceeedings of
the Gargoyle Club" changed to read "impenetrable veil that has long
shrouded the proceedings of the Gargoyle Club".]