Minor spelling inconsistencies (e.g., dovelike/dove-like, night
club/night-club, etc.) have been preserved.
Alterations to the text:
Add ToC.
Punctuation: fix some quotation mark pairings/nestings, and some
missing periods.
[Chapter Two]
Change “little woman now _sittinng_ so close to him” to _sitting_.
“She had further _confesed_ that now they were really” to _confessed_.
“a keen appreciation of all that makes _civilsed_ life decorous” to
_civilised_.
[Chapter Eight]
(And yet the fact that she was now a widow would certainly _made_
Roger “tiresome.”) to _make_.
“come over her a most unexpected sensation of _lonelines_” to
_loneliness_.
[Chapter Ten]
“you were dismayed by the _charge_ in his appearance” to _change_.
[Chapter Thirteen]
(He had _know_ “Mr. Roger” from childhood.) to _known_.
(“I have no legal adviser.” and she looked at him surprised) change
the period to a comma.
[Chapter Seventeen]
“those sort of people stop short at murder. believe me” change the
period to a comma.
[Chapter Eighteen]
(“There’s a young lady to see you in the drawing-room. ma’am,”) change
the period to a comma.
[Chapter Nineteen]
“_Mrs._ Finch said something which surprised Enid Dent” to _Mr._
[Chapter Twenty]
“that these various documents provide _sufficent_ reason for” to
_sufficient_.
[End of text]