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Twos and Threes

Chapter 41: Transcriber's Note
By G. B. Stern
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The narrative follows interconnected social and romantic entanglements within a close circle of family and acquaintances, centering on a young partner in a diamond firm whose tastes and flirtations unsettle relatives, and on two women whose evenings of dancing and conversation reveal shifting loyalties and desires. Told in three parts, it moves through balls, country visits and domestic scenes, balancing sharp sketches of manners with introspective passages about choice, ambition and self-presentation. Recurring motifs include performance, rivalry and the tension between public display and private feeling, as characters test loyalties and rehearse identities.

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Transcriber's Note

  • p. vii "VI Merle" changed to "VI. Merle"
  • p. 13 "experiments." changed to "experiments.”"
  • p. 35 "already,”" changed to "already,"
  • p. 42 "“Oh," changed to "‘Oh,"
  • p. 83 "châtelaine," changed to "châtelaine"
  • p. 83 "Hellenes" changed to "Hellenes’"
  • p. 122 "“Did" changed to "Did"
  • p. 190 "‘Tyke’?" changed to "‘Tyke’?”"
  • p. 241 "Bounemouth" changed to "Bournemouth"
  • p. 258 "you!" changed to "you!”"
  • p. 308 ".,.." changed to "...."
  • p. 357 "be brought" changed to "he brought"
  • p. 383 "Silenty" changed to "Silently"

The following possible errors have been left as printed:

  • p. 159 our own exists
  • p. 242 adversity?
  • p. 345 devot

The following are used inconsistently in the text:

  • afterthought and after-thought
  • astir and a-stir
  • ballroom and ball-room
  • bedspread and bed-spread
  • bonbon and bon-bon
  • cloakroom and cloak-room
  • eyeglass and eye-glass
  • firelight and fire-light
  • fireplace and fire-place
  • hothouse and hot-house
  • injun and Injun
  • midstream and mid-stream
  • tiptoeing and tip-toeing
  • underworld and under-world
  • waterfowl and water-fowl