This story was first serialized in the Fireside Companion from January 28, 1888 to April 7, 1888. This electronic edition is based on a later book-form reprint.

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Page 13, corrected "bitterenss" to "bitterness."

Page 27, corrected "msyterious" to "mysterious."

Page 66, added missing close quote to poem.

Page 133, corrected "least" to "lest" in "would not speak lest no one."

Page 138, added missing quote after "We should have been back in England in a few months."