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TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE:

Every effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as
possible, including obsolete and variant spellings. Obvious
typographical errors in punctuation (misplaced quotes and the like) have
been fixed. Corrections [in brackets] in the text are noted below:

throughout:

Katherine/Katharine Fanning spelled with an "e" at the beginning
of the novel and with an "a" at the end; it is the same person.

page 8: typo corrected

"Oh, the same sin of helplessnss[helplessness] and cowardice;
the same fear of discovery and exposure; the same horror of

page 13: added missing "

too. For see how easily she falls into error. She ought to marry
some good, wise, elderly man, who could be her guide,
philosopher and friend as well as husband.["]

page 22: typo corrected

in hand, stood with Emma Cavendish in the hall waiting for Mrs.
Gray[Grey], to whom they had sent a message inviting her to come
down and see the traveler off.

page 41: added missing "

"Yes; but, my dear, she must have this change now,
immediately.["]

page 45: added missing "

["]I would restore to her all that she has lost, if I could. I
would give her back husband, daughter, home and competence,"
said Emma.

page 54: added missing "

Jerome, if that's his name, very gravely, with a silent bow, put
up the steps and closed the door and mounted his box and drove
off.["]

page 72: typo corrected

She proposed this plan to her hostess, who at first opposed the
self-sacrifice, as she called it. But finally, being
pursuaded[persuaded] by Mary Grey, she yielded the point, and

page 76: added missing "

"Yes, it is from your unk