Minor spelling inconsistencies (_e.g._ cash-box/cash box,
frockcoat/frock-coat, etc.) have been preserved.
Alterations to the text:
[A gallows-bird]
Change “convolutions of war, the merry, the _dance-maccabre_” to
_danse-macabre_.
[Our lady of refuge]
“fort of San Fernando. and the cursed French garrison,” change period
to comma.
[The five insides]
(“‘Eh, says the old man, ’usky-like, and starting) add right single
quotation mark after _Eh_.
“a bit forward—‘No, no, no no, no, no, no—’” add comma after
third _no_.
[The jade button]
“The property was recovered—but for the heir…” add period to
sentence.
[End of text]