The cover image is taken from the Ward & Downey edition (London, 1889). Minor spelling inconsistencies (_e.g._ armchair/arm-chair, good-humoredly/good humoredly, etc.) have been preserved. Alterations to the text: Add TOC. Punctuation: missing periods, sentences ending with commas/colons, quotation mark pairings, etc. [Chapter I] Change “_whisperedK ate_, glancing towards the dozing French” to _whispered Kate_. “Godwin, and _Harvey_--yes, and Rees too, whatever Marion” to _Hervey_. “given up, for its draughtiness, to the _bat_ and the mice” to _bats_. “briefly described where and how she had found _hlm_” to _him_. [Chapter II] “mile of the castle that he _did’nt_ know, they said” to _didn’t_. [Chapter IV] “The fact was that Amos _Gooodhare_, having devoted” to _Goodhare_. [Chapter V] “growl of passionate, _hunger_ earnestness in the elder man’s hawk eyes” to _hungry_. “But the elder man had _appearently_ decided that to argue” to _apparently_. “by himself with slow steps and an _ususually_ reflective manner” to _unusually_. “He drew back hastily into the shadow of the _strees_” to _trees_. [Chapter VII] “_Bnt_ I can come and see you at the same place to-morrow” to _But_. [Chapter VIII] “under the fire of Goodhare’s _dicourses_, melted quite away” to _discourses_. “But at heart he was _blase_ and cynical, with a surprised feeling” to _blasé_. [Chapter IX] “before dinner, brushing _Ree’s_ macintosh afterwards” to _Rees’s_. “a _guant_ figure shivering in the damp, was waiting” to _gaunt_. “his arm round her in his _facinatingly_ affectionate way” to _fascinatingly_. [Chapter X] “_Skaking_ off the stupor, which again seemed to be overpowering” to _Shaking_. (“You need not come _agian_,” he said. “But I shall come here…) to _again_. [Chapter XI] “to scale the outer wall of the _casle_ with the help of the ivy” to _castle_. “his tone which made her blush _crimsom_, and feel afraid” to _crimson_. [Chapter XIV] “Rees stamped his foot, and said haughtily;” change semicolon to colon. “and I _did’nt_ know whether you had yet fallen a victim” to _didn’t_. “But now I must say good-bye to you, Mr Goodhare” add period after _Mr_. [Chapter XV] (“No _snch_ luck as that you have give up thinking about him) to _such_. [Chapter XVII] “a good look to right and left had _as ured_ the three men” to _assured_. “And with much _apparant_ reluctance, part of which was real” to _apparent_. [Chapter XIX] (“_Is’nt_ that rather a low point of view to look at…) to _Isn’t_. [Chapter XX] (“_Bnt_ you are quite wrong if you think----”) to _But_. [Chapter XXI] “_Deporah_ was still holding his sleeve with no uncertain” to _Deborah_. [Chapter XXII] “what interest have I in the matter except _your’s_ and Rees” to _yours_. “You were sent sent away with the jewels to dispose of them” delete one _sent_. [Chapter XXIII] “It would not be safe for you to go near him _how_” to _now_.