“I found, sir,” said Michael, “that I was developing a fondness for the criminal classes.” THE END ENDNOTES [1] _Tolmini made a mess of it_] See Rex _v._ Tolmini (Notts. Assizes). This was evidently the big mail robbery which failed, owing to the precipitancy of one of the criminals.--Editor. TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES Minor spelling inconsistencies (e.g. drawing-room/drawing room, fireplace/fire-place, motor-car/motor car, etc.) have been preserved. Alterations to the text: Convert footnote to endnote. Standardize the time formatting to use the colon. (The source text used both periods and colons.) [Chapter II] Change “Her mother was a wholesome parson’s _wife_, her father was a rascal who was kicked out of the army” to _daughter_. [Chapter IV] “But what I mean to say is this; there was a time when you” change the semicolon to a colon. [Chapter V] “across the _streaming_ brass pots and the blistering hot plates” to _steaming_. [Chapter VI] (“I am sending you two tickets for the theatre _tonight_.) to _to-night_. [Chapter VIII] (“That, Princess.” he said, “is Lady Moya Felton.”) change the first period to a comma. [Chapter XII] “pulled it back until he felt the snap of the rotten _hand_ as it broke” to _handle_. “And Daddy, if you are rude to Fonso, I shall be very rude to Ralph.” add comma after _And_. [Chapter XIII] (“Well, you couldn’t open them from the box,” said the man) add a period to this sentence. [Chapter XIX] (“Did you see it open. That is what knocked the candle over.”) Change the first period to a question mark. [End of text]