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The case of Miss Elliott

Chapter 63: Transcriber’s Notes
By Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy
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About This Book

A collection of short mystery cases presented as conversational puzzles in which an imperturbable armchair detective relates and disentangles crimes for a companion narrator. Each episode reconstructs a puzzling death, theft, or disappearance, emphasizing close observation, medical and legal detail, and the uncovering of motives hidden beneath polite society. The stories favor logical deduction, irony, and brisk plotting, often exposing hypocrisy and financial or domestic secrets while privileging the intellect over physical pursuit.

Transcriber’s Notes

This transcription follows the text of the original 1909 publication. However, the following alterations have been made to correct what are believed to be unambiguous errors in the text:

  • “interwined” has been changed to “intertwined” (I., Ch. I).
  • “Chiselhurst” has been changed to “Chislehurst” (IV., Ch. IV).
  • “Vandervellen” has been changed to “Vanderdellen” (IV., Ch. IV).
  • “had affected” has been changed to “had effected” (V., Ch. II).
  • “glanced at if” has been changed to “glanced at it” (V., Ch. II).
  • “incoherent and definite” has been changed to “coherent and definite” (VI., Ch. I).
  • “Wembly” has been changed to “Wembley” (VI., Ch. I).
  • “immedate” has been changed to “immediate” (VI., Ch. I).
  • “Athur” has been changed to “Arthur” (VII., Ch. II).
  • “cetain” has been changed to “certain” (VIII., Ch. II).
  • “signficance” has been changed to “significance” (VIII., Ch. III).
  • “Mr. Carlton” has been changed to “Mr. Carleton” (VIII., Ch. III).

Additionally, several occurrences of incorrectly matched quotation marks have been repaired. All other ostensible inconsistencies have been left unchanged from the original.