FOOTNOTES:

[A] Armenian Revolutionary Societies.

[B] With apologies to, I believe, Catulle Mendès, but I am not sure, for I have not read his works. I would like to, but my French is limited. On the publication of this tale in a journal, a friend told me that the idea had already been used by Catulle Mendès: but I have retained it, I am not sure why.

Typographical errors corrected by the etext transcriber:

Aubbrey=> Aubrey {pg 61}

Mr. Childer’s political opinions=> Mr. Childers’s political opinions {pg 154}

lifted it a litle=> lifted it a little {pg 281}

his mesage straight=> his message straight {pg 283}