Transcriber's Notes:
Punctuation has been standardized.
Hyphenation has been retained as it appears in the original publication.
Additional title and chapter links added to the beginning of the file.
Click on the illustrations on pages 15, 53 and 189 to see a larger image.
Corrections of the following typos are indicated by dotted lines under the corrections. Scroll the mouse over the word to see the correction.
Page 13: "Minsister" changed to "Minister" (pooh-poohed by both the Prime Minister).
Page 95: "day" changed "days" (in the days that were to follow).
Page 100: "depot" changed to "depôt" (another depôt at Burnham).
Page 104: "no" changed to "not" (not distant date).
Page 170: "o" changed to "to" (in order to threaten you).
Page 173: "fell" changed to "feel" (and you will, I feel).
Page 241: "denes" changed to "dunes" (neighbourhood of the dunes).