Transcriber Notes:
Passages in italics were indicated by _underscores_.
Small caps were replaced with ALL CAPS.
Throughout the document, the oe ligature was replaced with "oe".
Throughout the dialogues, there were words used to mimic accents of
the speakers. Those words were retained as-is.
The illustrations have been moved so that they do not break up
paragraphs and so that they are next to the text they illustrate.
Errors in punctuation and inconsistent hyphenation were not corrected
unless otherwise noted.
On page 267, a period was added after "sufferers from insomnia".
On page 267, "litte" was replaced with "little".
On page 273, "Lind s" was replaced with "Lind's".
On page 275, a single quotation mark was replaced with a double
quotation mark before "Ah, then, Sir, I suppose".
On page 275, a single quotation mark was replaced with a double
quotation mark after "Oh, I beg your pardon. How d'ye do?".
On page 275, "nea" was replaced with "near".