Spelling and punctuation have been preserved as printed except as indicated below. The following changes were made to the original text. The change is enclosed in parentheses: Page 15: and what there was so essentially fitted its place that it was unobtrusive (added a period at the end of unobtrusive) Page 82: at the dull red mark of which =Chirstopher= (Christopher) Page 143: "Christopher does.' (changed single quote mark to a double quote mark at the end of the sentence) Page 242: "Never since Mrs. Masters went out of it." (removed extra double quote mark at the end of the sentence) Page 258: He looked very worn and tired when he joined =Renate= (Renata) Page 305: changed quote marks from "Ecco il 'Roadmaker'" to 'Ecco il 'Roadmaker.''" to correct punctuation inconsistency. Page 323: the weight of this =stupenduous= burden (stupendous) Page 338: "Then I dismiss further responsibility. I'm really more pleased than I can say, Christopher. Poor little Patricia! What fortune for her! (added double quote mark at the end of the sentence) The following words were found in variable forms in the original text and both versions have been retained: bookcase (book-case); commonsense (common-sense); downland (down-land); hairs-breadth (hair's-breadth); highroad (high-road); milestone (mile-stone); roadside (road-side); teapot (tea-pot); unbiased (unbiassed).