But if there be
no germ of truth therein, it were better for some of us that we had
never been born.
THE END.
Transcriber's notes: Obvious spelling/typographical and punctuation
errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other
occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.
p6: "take it out of the human race" corrected to "take it out on the
human race"
p6: "would'nt" corrected to "wouldn't"
p7: "dreamland" occurs here only; "dream-land" occurs on p66 only,
not at a linebreak; both retained
p12: "Caramba" is clear and occurs only once in the book; "Coramba"
occurs once and with equal clarity on p59; both retained
p14: "to his strid ," corrected to "to his stride,"
p15: "esprit de corps" occurs here only; "esprit du corps" also occurs
once (p31); both retained
p21: archaic spelling "ladye" fits the context, so retained
p26: added closing quote mark to "burying."
p33: "votre" corrected to "votre"
p34: "proprietaire" corrected to "proprietaire"
p36: "deja" corrected to "deja"
p36: "on est sur de" corrected to "on est sur de"
p42: "pic-nic" occurs here and on p43, not at a linebreak; "picnic"
occurs on p45 and p47; both retained
p44: in the first verse quoted by Royston, "pikemen's" is an apparent
misquotation for "pikeman's", and "scatheless" may be a typo for
"scathless"
p46: "missionery" corrected to "missionary"
p46: "innuendoes" retained as archaic spelling
p47: "tranquillity" retained as archaic spelling
p62: "partez-seul" corrected to "partez seul"
p62: "betise" corrected to "betise"
p62: "vegeance" corrected to "vengeance"
The following obscure English words used by the author need no correction
p32: "tulwar" is a variant spelling of "talwar", a kind of Indian sabre
p33: "glozing" means explaining away/glossing over
p39: "teind" is a tithe
p44: "pursy" means short-winded
p46: to "aby" means to pay the penalty
p46: to "lanch" means to throw or let fly
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