Inconsistent hyphenation of "a-head" / "ahead", "farm-house" / "farmhouse", "fire-place" / "fireplace", "grand-daughter" / "granddaughter", "high-spirited" / "highspirited", "ill-natured" / "illnatured", "note-paper" / "notepaper", "play-fellow" / "playfellow", "half-a-dozen" / "half a dozen", and "cock-and-bull" / "cock and bull" has been retained. Inconsistent capitalization of "Marchioness" has also been retained as has the use of "grey" and "gray".

Here is a list of the minor typographical corrections made:

• Changed single quote to double after "MINISTER" on cover page.
• Capitalized "he" in "He is thirty" on page 8.
• Changed period to comma after "said" on page 16.
• "Sarahs" changed to "Sarah" on page 25.
• End quote added after "Italy" on page 28.
• Original reads "ill-dawn" instead of "ill-drawn" on page 29.
• Quotation mark added before "when Brotherton came of age" on page 29.
• Original reads "andj" instead of "and" on page 33.
• Comma changed to period here after "closely" on page 48.
• Period added after "family" on page 46.
• Second "made" removed on page 60.
• End quote added after "quarrel" on page 64.
• End quote added after "cousin" on page 74.
• End quote added after "once" on page 82.
• End quote added after "boy" on page 83.
• Quotation mark added before "She would draw" on page 107.
• Removed second "was" on page 116.
• Double quote added before "We have been" on page 131.
• Original reads "de" instead of "he" on page 134.
• End quote added after "Sarah Germain" on page 135.
• Single quote changed to double after "duties." on page 137.
• Second "a" deleted on page 141.
• Original reads "intercouse" instead of "intercourse" on page 142.
• Original reads "musn't" instead of "mustn't" on page 149.
• Comma removed after "Lord George" on page 154.
• Single quote changed to double before "Ah" on page 187.
• Quotation added before "I feel like" on page 192.
• Comma changed to period after "undone" on page 193.
• End quote added after "George," on page 193.
• Period changed to a comma after "it" on page 199.
• End quote added after "matter?" on page 218.
• End quote added after "ball." On page 223.
• On page 237, I have used blockquoted text similar to that used elsewhere in the text for correspondence.
• New paragraph added before "B" on page 237.
• Period added after "herself" on page 253.
• Original reads "Dont" instead of "Don't" on page 258.
• Quotation mark removed from before "What" on page 293.
• End quote added after "happy." On page 295.
• Double quotes changed to single around "B." on page 301.
• Quotation mark added before "and unsay" on page 311.
• Comma changed to period after "Lord" on page 334.
• Original reads "dul" instead of "dull" on page 343.
• Period added after "out" on page 348.
• Original shows "s" instead of "is" on page 359.
• End quote added after "parish," on page 375.
• Quotation mark removed from before "It had been" on page 376.
• New paragraph added before "He had never" on page 416.