Chapter VII: The Gospel of Renunciation (2)

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Transcriber's note:

Obvious punctuation errors have been corrected without comment.

The following corrections were made:

p. 14: to her degradation[degredation], she had not murmured at the p. 30: from the deposits of his memory. The Tynwald[Tynwalk], the Prince, p. 35: spinster[spinister], of the parish of Maughold, and Stephen p. 45: over the low murmur[murmer] of the sea's gentle swell. "Now is p. 47: for the house of the Governor[Governer]. It was pointed out to him, p. 55: "Maybe so, my ven[veen], maybe so." p. 94: of twenty hard[hards] fists on the table, the rough toast was called p. 95: more. Very soon they were outside[ouside] the little house in p. 95: lay and tossed in a strong delirium[delirum]. The wet clothes p. 96: Nary Crowe's[Browe's] cup. This she did, and more than this, seeming p. 97: every repetition, and the others joined[foined] him, struggling to p. 109: her relations with Jason she remembered[rememberd] that she was the p. 112: this time[sime] suffered curtailment. He was ruining himself at p. 113: Now the rapid impoverishment of the Governor[Govenor] was forcing p. 114: the cry of the poor reached the Governor[Govenor] at Castletown. No p. 117: The Governor was right that there would be no sale[sail] for p. 122: his seat like one who is dumbfounded[dumfounded]. p. 140: in fury at the bare thought of either being hands[hinds] on their p. 141: end of it all was a trial for ejectment at Deemster's [Deemsteer's] Court p. 141: when the six good men of Maughold had clambered[clamered] up to p. 142: fasten on somebody's[someboby's] throat, or pick up something as a dog p. 145: better than four years have passed[pass] away since I left the p. 147: daughter of the Governor-General[Govenor-General]. His name was Jorgen p. 151: it for Hafnafiord[Hafnafjord]? Certainly it may have put in at the p. 151: men should have a store like the widow's curse[cruse] to p. 164: The service came to an end, and he strode[stroke] off, turning p. 168: given to strange outbursts[outburts] when alone, was as simple and p. 170: "Jorgen[Jogen] Jorgensen," said the old man, grinning. p. 181: even to the third and fourth generation of his[His] children." p. 188: to it and shot the heavy wooden bar[barr] that bolted it. p. 191: The spokesman of the Court was a middle-aged[middled-aged] man, p. 199: While the storm lasted all Reykjavik[Reyjavik] lay asleep, and p. 200: she spoke, lest[least] in the fervor of her plea the Bishop should p. 207: Thurstan[Thurston] mounted the till-board of his own cart, and p. 208: "Ay," said Stean[Steam]. p. 212: "Ay[An], and a pretty penny it has cost us to fetch it," said p. 222: her mouth. But he recked[wrecked] nothing of this, and only p. 240: Then, with a sense of his wise brother's pitiable[pitable] blunderheadedness, p. 242: the space within that had been allotted[alloted] to the public was p. 244: "It is no doubt your concernment[concerment] to know what events p. 244: I can only claim your indulgence in withholding[witholding] that part p. 244: that dead stillness[stillnes] to rise to a cry. p. 247: exalted[axalted]. Our young President has this day sat down in p. 267: rise but she[he] could not, while its terrified eyeballs stood out p. 268: safe, and with its load squared and righted on her[his] back. p. 279: And while their warders dozed[dosed] in the heat of the noonday p. 280: us two. You're [a] gentleman, and I'm only a rough fellow. p. 321: plunging along in the darkness[darknes], trusting solely to the sight p. 323: he had been the head and centre. But when the people[peo] p. 324: blind man?" So the end of all was that Sunlocks[Sunlock] was put p. 342: "At Akureyri[Akuyeri], Husavik, Reykjavik, the desert--everywhere, p. 342: "Jason," she said again, "it was not altogether[altogeter] my fault. p. 348: The good woman who is housekeeper[houskeeper] here will lead you----" p. 350: "All is ready," he whispered. "He says he[be] may recover p. 357: of the Arctic[Artic] seas, there is a pyramid of lava blocks, now p. 6: Captain[Captain's] Kidd's Gold: The True Story of an Adventurous Sailor

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