TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

The frontispiece was used for the cover.

Minor spelling inconsistencies (e.g. crossbows/cross-bows, fountain-pen/fountain pen, gulley/gully, etc.) have been preserved.

Alterations to the text:

Abandon the use of drop-caps.

Punctuation: fix some quotation mark pairings/nestings, and some missing periods.

[Chapter IV]

Change “They were terribly alove and eager.” to alive.

[Chapter XI]

(“It is to such unsympathetic pharasaical souls as yours,”) to pharisaical.

[Chapter XII]

“Tillizinni regarded himself as more or less ephemereal” to ephemeral.

“but more specificially, in language which need not be repeated” to specifically.

[Chapter XIII]

“Talham’s eyes were on the floor; her’s, filled with pity,” to hers.

[Chapter XIV]

“Mrs. Yale was impressed by the whole-hearted devoton of” to devotion.

“that spoke to him. some message which went out in vibrant waves” change the period to a comma.

[Chapter XV]

“with Soo, and smiled. as again and again he came across” change the period to a comma.

[Chapter XVI]

(“As your excellency knows, the city of Taupan, one hundred”) to Excellency.

[Chapter XVII]

“asking that your Noble Beneficience will restore to them” to Beneficence.

[Chapter XIX]

(“No, no no!” she shuddered.) add a comma after the second no.

[Chapter XX]

“to go out in the shadow of the great Emperor’ tomb” to Emperor’s.

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