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The cloven foot

Chapter 49: Transcriber’s Notes
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A provincial inheritance dispute entangles relatives, neighbors, and suitors when a fostered young woman becomes the focus of affection and suspicion. A stranger’s arrival and romantic rivalry escalate tensions, leading to a shocking death that prompts inquiry and pursuit. The ensuing investigation reveals stolen jewels, contradictory witnesses, an old diary that uncovers concealed connections, and shifting allegiances. Gradually, hidden identities and motives are exposed through legal and personal reckonings, bringing resolution to questions of guilt, truth, and entitlement.

Transcriber’s Notes

Minor punctuation errors were fixed.

Obsolete, variant, and dialect spellings have largely been retained as originally published, with the following exceptions:

Page 54: changed try do to try to do.

Page 61: changed unanounced to unannounced.

Page 73: changed movable to moveable.

Page 78: changed unusally to unusually.

Page 89: changed give to given.

Page 99: changed téte à tête to tête-à-tête.

Page 102: changed ill-usuage to ill-usage.

Page 106: changed we to me.

Page 107: changed leafles to leafless.

Page 124: changed landady to landlady.

Page 132: changed delighful to delightful.

Page 133: changed Madamoiselle to Mademoiselle.

Page 141: changed now to know.

Page 141: changed Whose to Who's.

Page 148: changed decrepid to decrepit.

Page 150: changed bister to bistre.

Page 151: changed banded to branded.

Page 153: changed their to there.

Page 154: changed forefiner to forefinger.

Page 190: changed nosiest to noisiest.

Page 213: changed tabe to table.

Page 256: changed curaçoa to curaçao.

Page 265: changed Worth to Wörth.

Page 331: changed trowsers to trousers.

Page 337: changed glacing to glancing.

Page 342: changed live to life.

Page 345: changed quite to quiet.

Page 349: changed rotton to rotten.

Page 350: changed concidence to coincidence.