Marjorie Bowen was one of several pseudonyms used by Margaret
Gabrielle Vere Long (née Campbell).
The Alston Rivers Ltd. edition (London, 1908) was consulted for most
of the changes listed below.
Minor spelling inconsistencies (e.g. footboy/foot-boy, waiting
woman/waiting-woman, etc.) have been preserved.
Alterations to the text:
Formatting: abandon the use of drop-caps.
Punctuation: fix some quotation mark pairings/nestings, and a missing
period.
[Chapter One]
“and showed coffers rugs, armor, and weapons piled against” add
comma after _coffers_.
[Chapter Six]
Change “sat with crossed legs and _eat_ great red plums with relish”
to _ate_.
“The _wingéd_ gods circled low” to _wingèd_.
(“the King--my _bethrothed’s_ brother--what if the Pope) to
_betrothed’s_.
[Chapter Seven]
“One was in _brone_ and azure for Luigi of Taranto” to _bronze_.
(“Why your living has cost me somewhat.) add comma after _Why_.
“I am interested in this _manner_ between you and the Queen.” to
_matter_.
[Chapter Twelve]
(“Knew!” the Contessa _lauged_. “My husband will never speak) to
_laughed_.
“And eastward, along the banks of the _Volturna_” to _Volturno_.
[Chapter Sixteen]
“thought of the executions in the _Palazza_ San Eligio” to _Palazzo_.
[Chapter Seventeen]
(“I am asking your advice,” she said, in a low restrained voice) add a
comma after _low_.
“his _usal_ lazy indolence in face and manner” to _usual_.
[Chapter Twenty-One]
“twisted a blossomless brier rose. the long, thorny stems” change the
period to a comma.
“His clasp on her hands _tightenend_, and her cold countenance” to
_tightened_.
[Chapter Twenty-Three]
(“It is not for _yet_ to speak so of her,” she said) to _ye_.
(“For me, my life is over, Farewell.”) change the second comma to a
period.
[Chapter Twenty-Five]
“He would be the _intrument_, not the judge” to _instrument_.
(grasping the embossed back of “Les Trois _Virtu_,”) to _Vertu_.
“ye could face her and _knew_ her guilty, and wonder what to do” to
_know_.
[Chapter Twenty-Eight]
“and from outside came heavy unusual sounds, the metallic clink” add
a comma after _heavy_.
“and fasten an ermine _côte hardi_ over the yellow silk” to
_côtehardie_.
[Chapter Thirty-One]
(“No,” she said _stanchly_. “No--I fancied it.) to _staunchly_.
“they were _ahorse_ and gathered before the Perlucchi Palace” to
_a-horse_.
[End of text]