This e-text is derived from the hardcover Columbus Series edition, where the book was used as filler following Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller's A Dreadful Temptation; or, A Young Wife's Ambition.

Added table of contents.

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Some inconsistent hyphenation retained (e.g. "dressing gown" vs. "dressing-gown", "maidservant" vs. "maid-servant").

The inconsistent spelling of General Tralani vs. General Trelini appears to be an error, but as both spellings appear just once, and the error is found in multiple editions of this book, it is impossible to determine which is the correct version.

Page 6, added missing quote before "Tell the man."

Page 9, moved misplaced quote inside "Don't interfere, my men."

Page 17, added missing quote before "I thought."

Page 25, added missing em-dash before "that his lordship."

Page 26, removed extraneous quote before "Well, let's go now, grandma."

Page 28, changed "mussical" to "musical."

Page 32, changed "Say" to "Stay" in "Stay, if you please."

Page 34, added missing quote before "What a beautiful bouquet."

Page 37, added missing quote after "old one."

Page 44, changed "juyous" to "joyous."

Page 50, changed comma to period after "at any rate."

Page 51, changed comma to period after "stopped short."

Page 52, removed extraneous comma from "perfectly absorbed."

Page 55, removed extraneous quote after "To keep it!" Changed "It in mine" to "It is mine."

Page 72, changed "hers ketch-block" to "her sketch-block."

Page 76, removed superfluous quote before "Not sure?"

Page 78, adjusted capitalization/punctuation at start of "What did she say?"

Page 79, changed incorrect nested quotes at end of final paragraph.

Page 83, added missing quote after "you're right, Austin."

Page 84, added missing quote after "I dare say."

Page 86, added missing quote after "take this."

Page 93, removed superfluous quotation mark after "from the room."

Page 105, changed "sauvely" to "suavely."

Page 123, added missing comma after "need not wait."

Page 127, added missing "o" to "all of their."

Page 130, changed "Mrs. Blair" to "Mrs. Day."

Page 132, added missing quote before "Well, the tide."

Page 140, changed "all-devoring" to "all-devouring."

Page 151, changed "keep if" to "keep it."

Page 161, added missing quote after "out in this storm."

Page 168, changed "Met me help" to "Let me help."

Page 174, removed superfluous quote after "Rose of Devon."

Page 179, added missing quote before "Some people's."

Page 181, added missing quote after "Prince Ferdinand Rivani."

Page 182, italicized "salon" for consistency.

Page 193, changed "camllias" to "camellias."

Page 196, added missing quote after "dear Lucille."

Page 199, changed "faint fry" to "faint cry" and "sholders" to "shoulders" and added missing quote after "she murmured huskily."

Page 208, changed "acccount" to "account."

Page 215, changed ! to ? in "Oh, what have I said?"

Page 217, changed "sufficed for the signor" to "sufficed for the signora."

Page 220, removed superfluous quote after "young attache."

Page 230, changed "require some preparations" to "requires some preparations."

Page 242, changed comma to period after "favorable position."

Page 246, changed "addresss" to "address."

Page 251, changed ! to ? in "Do you think I am dreaming?"

Page 257, added missing close quote after "could require."

Page 258, changed "forgotton" to "forgotten."

Page 259, removed superfluous quote after first "It is true!" Changed ! to ? in "And if I refuse?" Removed superfluous quote after "I have told you."

Page 261, changed "husband wife" to "husband and wife" and added missing quote before "I will go."

Page 263, changed "signoria" to "signorina" (twice in last paragraph).

Page 266, removed superfluous quote after "Ambrose" in "Austin Ambrose! The cruellest."

Page 268, added missing quote after "to the minute."

Page 273, changed "possessses" to "possesses."

Page 281, removed superfluous quote after "he had accomplished it."

Page 284, added missing single close quote after "coronet afterward!"