riches--either or neither--I
care not which! But I cannot lose _you_, Mary! I cannot let my heavenly
treasure go! Nothing else matters in all the world--I only want
love--and you!"

THE END

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| Transcriber's Notes |
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| 1. Punctuation normalized to contemporary standards. |
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| 2. "Sorrel" was originally misspelled "Sorrell" on these pages: |
| p. 15: "Mrs. Sorrel would be sorry" |
| p. 15: "Matt Sorrel never did anything" |
| p. 18: "Sorrel, I assure you!" |
| p. 18: "Mrs. Sorrel peered at him" |
| p. 19: "Mrs. Sorrel did not attempt" |
| p. 20: "Mrs. Sorrel visibly swelled" |
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| 3. Individual spelling corrections and context: |
| p. 30 pressent -> present ("always been present") |
| p. 34 thresold -> threshold ("standing shyly on the thresold") |
| p. 44 repudiatel -> repudiated ("firmly repudiated") |
| p. 77 temprary -> temporary ("such temporary pleasures") |
| p. 82 kitting -> knitting ("went on kitting rapidly") |
| p. 85 Brush -> Bush ("and Bill Bush") |
| p. 99 her -> he ("And he drew out") |
| p. 92 undisguisel -> undisguised ("undisguised admiration") |
| p. 116 a -> I ("if I can") |
| p. 147 Wothram -> Wrotham ("answered Lord Wrotram") |
| p. 157 scared -> scared ("scarred his vision") |
| p. 184 sungly -> snugly ("was snugly ensconced") |
| p. 190 mintes -> minutes ("A few minutes scramble") |
| p. 255 must -> much ("dare not talk much") |
| p. 270 acomplished -> accomplished ("fairly accomplished") |
| p. 276 gentlemen -> gentleman ("rank of a gentleman") |
| p.