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Transcriber's notes:

The following corrections have been made to the text:

Page 18, last line: Queen and the Prince."[added missing close
quotes]

Page 20, line 1: at the family altar.[added missing period]

Page 25, fourth line from bottom: [added missing singlequote]I am a
dyer,

Page 39, line 1: the great Buddhist[original has Buddist] teacher

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