Some inconsistent punctuation was retained (e.g. "Life Time" vs. "Life-Time" in title; "upturned" vs. "up-turned"). Some inconsistently italicized text was retained (e.g. "rencontre"). Some unusual spellings were retained (e.g. "exhult," "ballustrade"). Accent marks to match original were omitted (e.g. "protege"). Italics are represented with _underscores_. Page 3, changed "herelf" to "herself." Page 4, changed "to hasty" to "too hasty." Page 6, added missing quote before "Oh, grandpa." Page 13, changed "strangly" to "strangely." Page 17, changed "recounter" to "rencontre." Page 22, changed "neverspeak" to "never speak." Page 24, changed "aughs" to "laughs." Page 27, added comma after "Oh, my darlin'." Page 29, changed "founding" to "foundling" and changed ? to ! after "the girl is my niece." Page 31, changed "furthur intercouse" to "further intercourse." Page 37, changed "matin" to "mating." Page 38, added missing quote after "Jest wait one minute, darlin'." Page 42, changed "struggled" to "straggled." Page 48, changed "greatsest" to "greatest." Page 54, added missing quote before "He likes pretty faces." Page 55, changed "flirted" to "flitted." Page 56, changed "you hair" to "your hair." Page 60, changed "must not thing" to "must not think." Page 61, changed "significent" to "significant." Page 66, changed "thoughfully" to "thoughtfully." Page 75, removed extra "the" from "It is the the truth." Page 80, changed "Your know" to "You know" and "father as" to "father has." Page 83, changed "distress" to "mistress." Page 84, changed ? to ! in "you are mistaken!" Page 85, added missing quote before "Go, and take." Page 87, changed "her her husband" to "her husband." Page 91, changed "idendity" to "identity," "Lieth" to "Leith," "Bestram" to "Bertram," "maked" to "marked" and "cousse" to "course." Page 97, changed "cempetence" to "competence." Page 101, changed "gazedw onderingly" to "gazed wonderingly." Page 102, changed "perference" to "preference," "you wife" to "your wife," and "guilty of his" to "guilty of this." Page 104, changed "delerious" to "delirious." Page 106, added missing open quote before "I wonder how." Page 107, changed "bess" to "bless." Page 110, changed "prostate" to "prostrate." Page 111, added missing quote before "I _know_." Page 112, changed "Lieth's" to "Leith's," "Lieth" to "Leith" and "idict" to "indict." Page 113, changed "as last" to "at last." Page 116, adding missing comma after "for God's sake" and changed "unable so bear" to "unable to bear." Page 117, added missing quote after "seen her even once." Page 118, changed "requim" to "requiem." Page 120, added missing quote after "absent for several days." Page 124, changed "Lieth" and "Keith" to "Leith." Page 127, changed "queit" to "quiet." Page 128, changed "No?" to "No!" Page 129, changed "belive" to "believe." Page 130, changed "hated" to "hatred." Page 139, changed "uncle Bert" to "Uncle Bert."