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e cried, in an agony; "pray don't let me go to nasty Madagascar; oh, please don't." So Everard, seeing that the child was really terrified, stopped the carriage, and Amy instantly jumped out in the greatest haste, without waiting for any more leave-taking, getting several thumps from the old shoes which were sent in a continued shower after the carriage until it had passed through the gate, when a deafening "tiger" made the welkin ring. * * * * * * * * Here we must bid adieu to those whose fortunes we have followed so far, hoping at some future time to hear more about them. But as we do not care to inquire particularly after Louis Taschereau, we may as well mention here that he, some time after, married a fine high-spirited girl, who was completely his match, the domineering being all on the wife's side. No tears were shed by her during his absence, and a scornful smile was the utmost that his anger or ill-temper ever elicited. So they managed to get on tolerably well, the inquiring look of the cold grey eye often checking a fit of passion. As Louis's mercenary propensities have already shown themselves, it is almost needless to add that she had what he valued more than anything else--money--which, by the way, she took good care to have settled on herself. But this he did not object to (albeit she would have done so all the same if he had), provided there was plenty of it. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * [Errata Noted by Transcriber: Since a full list of errors would be almost as long as the novel itself, most are given in tabular form only. Some counts may be incomplete. Inquisitive readers may like to look at the source code of the html version of the text, where most errors are noted in <!--remark--> form. Missing quotation mark 58 Extra quotation mark 23 Misplaced quotation mark 7 Single/double quote error 2 all quotation-mark errors 90 Missing question mark 32 Missing or incorrect period or comma 11 Missing apostrophe 8 Extra apostrophe 7 Extra parenthesis 1 punctuation errors 59 Typographical error or misspelling 36 Printing Error: drooping spirits. We have // who in the nam
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