TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
Minor spelling inconsistencies (e.g.cash-box/cash box, frockcoat/frock-coat, etc.) have been preserved.
Alterations to the text:
[A gallows-bird]
Change “convolutions of war, the merry, thedance-maccabre” todanse-macabre.
[Our lady of refuge]
“fort of San Fernando. and the cursed French garrison,” change period to comma.
[The five insides]
(“ ‘Eh, says the old man, ’usky-like, and starting) add right single quotation mark afterEh.
“a bit forward—‘No, no, no no, no, no, no—’ ” add comma after thirdno.
[The jade button]
“The property was recovered—but for the heir…” add period to sentence.
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