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The following typographical errors were corrected by the etext transcriber:

somone=>someone

get's over those things so=>get's over those things so

off on the proferred arm=>off on the proffered arm

the inns and outs of the Palace=>the ins and outs of the Palace

The door off the Countess's apartments was opened=>The door of the Countess's apartments was opened

where was the enthuiasm we had expected=>where was the enthusiasm we had expected

We stood looking up at her with open mouths, dumbfoundered>=We stood looking up at her with open mouths, dumbfounded

The castellan had turned his=>The Castellan had turned his

They shank back and he went his way.=>They shrank back and he went his way.

fidgetting with the lappet of his cloak.=>fidgeting with the lappet of his cloak.

might have done differenly.=>might have done differently.

leave me me in peace.=>leave me in peace.

He vowed never to touch her again, and every time be broke the vow.=>He vowed never to touch her again, and every time he broke the vow.

the horse's owner.=>the house's owner.

End of Project Gutenberg's The Making of a Saint, by William Somerset Maugham