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Transcriber's Note
In the advertisments at the end of the book, a symbol similar to an upside-down asterism is represented by ? and a small pointing hand by ?.
Some presumed printer's errors have been corrected, including punctuation.
The spelling of words was changed so that spelling in the Index matched the spelling in the main text.
Two occurrences of the proper name Celestine were altered to CÉlestine for consistency.
Further corrections are listed below with the printed text (top) and corrected text (bottom):
round the old Abbey precints.
round the old Abbey precincts. (p.
41)
as we are won’t to call her.
as we are wont to call her. (p.
119)
bird-nest at at once
bird-nest at once (p.
181)
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