• p. 124: an’ was not t’ mother’s son.’--Deleted the closing single quotation mark at the end of the sentence. • p. 143: he did not know how to spend his money ,... and if these young relations would submit to him--Changed the comma after “money” to a period. • p. 147: ‘The downhill path is easy, come with me an’ it please ye,--Deleted the apostrophe after “an”. • p. 152: she veiled with one hand whilst she held out the other--Added a period to the end of the sentence. • p. 154: her mother had not heard her foot-steps on the stairs--Changed “foot-steps” to “footsteps”. • p. 193: ‘Why, ye’re not eatin’ much, Tim, said Mr Robson across the table--Inserted a closing single quotation mark after the comma after “Tim”. • p. 193: ‘I should be right down glad, Tim, to hear ye’d a lass,’ she said; it ’ud help to settle ye--Inserted an opening single quotation mark before “it”. • p. 209: ‘Oh,’ if she was good and would do you good,’ cried Alice--Deleted the closing single quotation mark after “Oh”. • p. 264: Thus, tempest-tossed, shaken, with no definite resolution, be found himself--Changed “be” to “he”. Inconsistencies of spelling and hyphenation were not changed, except where otherwise noted.