Chapter 12

The Flag of the AdventurerTwo Strong MenThe Advanced-GuardHis Excellency’s English GovernessPeace With HonourThe Warden of the Marches

The Flag of the AdventurerTwo Strong MenThe Advanced-GuardHis Excellency’s English GovernessPeace With HonourThe Warden of the Marches

Alterations to the text:

Note: the following alterations have been checked and validated against an 1897 edition of the story serialized inThe Argosyvolumes 63 and 64.

A few punctuation corrections—mostly involving the pairing of quotation marks and missing periods.

[Title Page]

Add a brief note indicating this novel’s position in the series. See above. Also add illustrator’s credit. See below.

[Images]

Add twelve illustrations of Alfred Pearse featured in the above-mentioned 1897 edition, but not included in the 1902 L. C. Page & Co. edition. Illustrations were placed nearest the scene they represent, of course. Some captions have been updated to reflect revisions in the text.

[Chapter IV]

Change “gave up his horse to aEurasian’sclerk’s wife” toEurasian.

[Chapter VI]

“The official,well pleased, stayed” towell-pleased.

[Chapter XI]

“awaiting your orders at FortRahmut-Ullah” toRahmat.

[Chapter XII]

“the rugs in theDunbar-hall taken up” toDurbar.

“if yourealisethat it was anxiety for you that” torealised.

[Chapter XIV]

“betweenIshmailBakhsh and some one outside” toIsmail.

[Chapter XVII]

“partook presently of coffee andsweatmeats” tosweetmeats.

[Chapter XVIII]

“his right handthurstinto his girdle” tothrust.

“the rest of the troopappearto have been stupefied” toappeared.

[Chapter XXI]

“rely upon an Englishwoman tokelpyou” tohelp.

“of her going to Bir-ul-Mulikatat” toMalikat.

[Chapter XXIV]

“...husband too. [missing text] such a good example to...” repair lacuna withIt would set.

“wanted to say when I got youaltogether” toall together.

[End of Text]


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