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The Red Tavern

Chapter 29: Transcriber's Notes
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About This Book

The narrative follows a young knight entrusted with a royal warrant whose southward journey draws him into a web of plots and quarrels. He faces ambuscades, duels, secret councils in a roadside tavern, and the machinations of conspirators such as Sir James Tyrrell, Zenas, and de Claverlok. Episodes move between violent encounters — including a wolf-hound incident, jousts, and skirmishes — and quieter moments like a forest vision and the rescue of a maiden, culminating in confrontations that untangle several intrigues. The story blends travel and chivalric action with recurring concerns of loyalty, courage, and shifting fortune.

Transcriber's Notes

Punctuation and spelling were made consistent when a predominant preference was found in this book; otherwise they were not changed.

Simple typographical errors were corrected. Occasional unmatched quotation marks were corrected when there was no ambiguity.

Ambiguous hyphens at the ends of lines were retained.

Page 142: Spurious closing quotation mark removed after: he wanted to know?

Page 173: Missing opening quotation mark added at start of: "But where's the....

Page 189: Spurious closing quotation mark removed after: What quarrel, ... eh?

Page 333: "with her eyes to follow" was misprinted as "eves".

Page 340: Double-quote mark changed to apostrophe at start of: 'tis passing​—​—