the= shape of love-stories, odd adventures,)

Page 248: Was 'of' (and if she were in the company =of one= whom she
trusted intimately, she would laugh those popular virtues
to scorn with her warm,)

Page 254: Was 'pleasant, sounding' (Mell's rather strained gayety
found an agreeable echo in his =pleasant-sounding=
laughter.)

Page 263: Standardised hyphenation: Was 'pic-nic' (Not on Wednesday,
for there's a confounded =picnic= afoot for that day.)

Page 263: Standardised hyphenation: Was 'pic-nics' (I wish the man
who invented =picnics= had been endowed with immortal life
on earth and made to go to every blessed one)

Page 269: Standardised hyphenation: Was 'pre-occupied' (They were
fine young fellows, and very pleasant, too, but Mell
continued so =preoccupied= in the vain racking of her
brain)

Page 270: Was 'omniverous' (It was altogether as much as she could
do to keep from sobbing aloud in the faces of all these
=omnivorous=, happy people.)

Page 273: Was 'inate' (to a simple country girl, who, destitute of
fortune, had nothing to commend her but =innate= modesty
and God-given beauty.)

Page 276: Was 'It' ("You mean it? =It is= a solemn promise! One of
those promises you always keep!")

Page 278: Was 'repentent' (I don't know who feels most idiotic or
=repentant=, the girl who wears 'em or the fellow who won
'em.)

Page 278: Was 'juvenality' (Jerome, as soon as he could again command
his voice, "unless it be Miss Josey's =juvenility=.")

Page 281: Was 'It' ("But I don't wonder you feel a little frightened
about it. =It is= such a wonderful thing for Rube to do:
but Rube has two eyes in his head,)

Page 282: Was 'How--do' ("=How-do=, old fellow?" said Jerome, by way
of congratulation.)

Page 287: Was 'bran' (She must take an airing with him in his
=brand= new buggy)

Page 289: Standardised hyphenation: Was 'farmhouse' (And so it came
about that on a certain day Rube came as usual to the
=farm-house=, but not as usual, alone.)

Page 291: Was 'it' (The visit was long and pleasant, and at =its=
close Mell accompanied her guests to the very door of
their carriage.)