* * * * * Transcriber’s Notes: Punctuation has been made consistent. Variations in spelling and hyphenation were retained as they appear in the original publication, except that obvious typographical errors have been corrected. The following changes were made: p. 72: Blight’s changed to Wroat’s (Mrs. Wroat’s chamber,) p. 93: Unclear text assumed to be “A half (”A half an hour,“) p. 243: missing word assumed to be for (scorn for her) p. 246: Missing word assumed to be “He (him. ”He says)