Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.Volume I, Chapter XII, paragraph 45. "She had pledged herself to give Mr. Prong an answer onFriday, …"The astute reader will recall from Chapter IX that Mrs. Prime asked Mr. Prong to call on Saturday, while Miss Pucker was shopping, to learn her answer to his proposal.Specific changes in wording of the text are listed below.Volume I, Chaper VII, paragraph 16. The word "walks" was changed to "walls" in the sentence: Now the room was partially cleared, the non-dancers being pressed back into a border round the WALLS, and the music began.Volume I, Chapter XIV, paragraph 1. "Excellence" was changed to "existence" in the sentence: In Rachel's presence, and sweet smile, and winning caresses was the chief delight of her EXISTENCE.Volume II, Chapter III, paragraph 2. The word "hopes" was changed to "hope" in the sentence: She told herself that such was herHOPE;…Volume II, Chapter XI, paragraph 32. "Dining-room" was changed to "drawing-room" in the sentence beginning: Rowan did not see her till he met her in the DRAWING-ROOM, just beforedinner…Volume II, Chapter XII, paragraph 1. "Country-house" was changed to "counting-house" in the sentence: He was alone and thoughtful in his COUNTING-HOUSE, or else subjected to the pressure of his wife's arguments in his private dwelling.Volume II, Chapter XIII, paragraph 26. "Wives" was changed to "wife" in the sentence: Nevertheless she carried the tidings up into Baslehurst, and as she repeated it to the grocer's daughters and the baker's WIFE she shook her head with as much apparent satisfaction as though she really believed that Rachel oscillated between a ruined name and a broken heart.
Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.
Volume I, Chapter XII, paragraph 45. "She had pledged herself to give Mr. Prong an answer onFriday, …"The astute reader will recall from Chapter IX that Mrs. Prime asked Mr. Prong to call on Saturday, while Miss Pucker was shopping, to learn her answer to his proposal.
Specific changes in wording of the text are listed below.
Volume I, Chaper VII, paragraph 16. The word "walks" was changed to "walls" in the sentence: Now the room was partially cleared, the non-dancers being pressed back into a border round the WALLS, and the music began.
Volume I, Chapter XIV, paragraph 1. "Excellence" was changed to "existence" in the sentence: In Rachel's presence, and sweet smile, and winning caresses was the chief delight of her EXISTENCE.
Volume II, Chapter III, paragraph 2. The word "hopes" was changed to "hope" in the sentence: She told herself that such was herHOPE;…
Volume II, Chapter XI, paragraph 32. "Dining-room" was changed to "drawing-room" in the sentence beginning: Rowan did not see her till he met her in the DRAWING-ROOM, just beforedinner…
Volume II, Chapter XII, paragraph 1. "Country-house" was changed to "counting-house" in the sentence: He was alone and thoughtful in his COUNTING-HOUSE, or else subjected to the pressure of his wife's arguments in his private dwelling.
Volume II, Chapter XIII, paragraph 26. "Wives" was changed to "wife" in the sentence: Nevertheless she carried the tidings up into Baslehurst, and as she repeated it to the grocer's daughters and the baker's WIFE she shook her head with as much apparent satisfaction as though she really believed that Rachel oscillated between a ruined name and a broken heart.