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@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
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diff --git a/77253-0.txt b/77253-0.txt
index 3dcfb65..3e0c169 100644
--- a/77253-0.txt
+++ b/77253-0.txt
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ She said “_Ach!_ Andrei Andreiech!” several times more and then began.
She spoke in marks of exclamation.
“I suppose you know, Andrei Andreiech, that I am not Nikolai
-Vasilievich’s ... légal wife?”
+Vasilievich’s ... legal wife?”
“I know,” I said.
@@ -1264,7 +1264,7 @@ Nikolai Vasilievich in a voice of deep sorrow and reproach, as a tear
welled up from her eye:
“Listen.... ‘Dear Fanny ... _and Nikolai!_’ _And Nikolai! And Nikolai!_...
-Do you hear: _And Nikolai!_....”
+Do you hear: _And Nikolai!_...”
‘Nikolai--i--i--’ echoed with pathetic insistence. It was a sound that
rent the heart. Tears flushed her eyes, sobs choked her throat. And for
@@ -1378,7 +1378,7 @@ she already knew or had perhaps suspected, it was hard to tell. She sat
there on her perch, mute, aloof.
“Now,” said Fanny Ivanovna, coming up to him with indomitable
-determination,” you must certainly go.” And he left the room, sobbing.
+determination, “you must certainly go.” And he left the room, sobbing.
“How horribly he cried,” said Sonia. I followed her out into the
drawing-room. When I returned I perceived that Vera was wiping her
@@ -1626,7 +1626,7 @@ ran into Nikolai Vasilievich, with a pretty flapper on his arm.
And we shook hands warmly.
-‘May I introduce----?”
+“May I introduce----?”
And I was introduced.
@@ -2490,7 +2490,7 @@ he wanted was care and comfort. And now the doctors and operations are
costing Nikolai Vasilievich a good bit of money, I can tell you. Really,
we are most unfortunate people.... And Sonia, too, marrying Baron
Wunderhausen, who, as I suspected, is a drag on Nikolai Vasilievich’s
-resources. Really, he cannot afford it, Andrei Andreiech, The mines----”
+resources. Really, he cannot afford it, Andrei Andreiech. The mines----”
She waved her hand. Nikolai Vasilievich, with his hands deep in his
trouser pockets, stood looking at the window, though the blinds were
lowered and there was nothing he could see.
@@ -4989,11 +4989,10 @@ Holdcroft.”
“What, again!”
-“Yes, I am very much against it,” she confided.
-
-“I was furious. I said to Nina: ‘Andrei Andreiech and your father had
-nearly lost their lives looking for you everywhere during the firing.’
-But all she said was, ‘There was no need to.’”
+“Yes, I am very much against it,” she confided. “I was furious. I said
+to Nina: ‘Andrei Andreiech and your father had nearly lost their lives
+looking for you everywhere during the firing.’ But all she said was,
+‘There was no need to.’”
“They had been on the American Flagship ... on the American
Flagship....” My mind could not digest the news. Yesterday when the
@@ -6331,7 +6330,7 @@ there. He’s been to Vladivostok and knows your friends, no doubt--Nina.
Come.”
We shook hands, and then compared experiences. “And do you remember that
-good-looking girl, Nina Bursanova?” at length I ventured.
+good-looking girl, Nina Bursànova?” at length I ventured.
The Colonel thought hard, and then said:
diff --git a/77253-h/77253-h.htm b/77253-h/77253-h.htm
index 46ba45e..f52cc3f 100644
--- a/77253-h/77253-h.htm
+++ b/77253-h/77253-h.htm
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@
<link rel="icon" href="images/cover.jpg" type="image/x-cover">
<meta charset="utf-8">
-<title>
- The Project Gutenberg eBook of Futility, by William Gerhardi.
-</title>
+<title>Futility | Project Gutenberg</title>
<style>
a:link {background-color:#ffffff;color:blue;text-decoration:none;}
@@ -745,7 +743,7 @@ her.</p>
She spoke in marks of exclamation.</p>
<p>“I suppose you know, Andrei Andreiech, that I am not Nikolai
-Vasilievich’s ... légal wife?”</p>
+Vasilievich’s ... legal wife?”</p>
<p>“I know,” I said.</p>
@@ -1344,7 +1342,7 @@ Nikolai Vasilievich in a voice of deep sorrow and reproach, as a tear
welled up from her eye:</p>
<p>“Listen.... ‘Dear Fanny ... <i>and Nikolai!</i>’ <i>And Nikolai! And Nikolai!</i>...
-Do you hear: <i>And Nikolai!</i>....”</p>
+Do you hear: <i>And Nikolai!</i>...”</p>
<p>‘Nikolai&mdash;i&mdash;i&mdash;’ echoed with pathetic insistence. It was a sound that
rent the heart. Tears flushed her eyes, sobs choked her throat. And for
@@ -1460,7 +1458,7 @@ she already knew or had perhaps suspected, it was hard to tell. She sat
there on her perch, mute, aloof.</p>
<p>“Now,” said Fanny Ivanovna, coming up to him with indomitable
-determination,” you must certainly go.” And he left the room, sobbing.</p>
+determination, “you must certainly go.” And he left the room, sobbing.</p>
<p>“How horribly he cried,” said Sonia. I followed her out into the
drawing-room. When I returned I perceived that Vera was wiping her
@@ -1714,7 +1712,7 @@ ran into Nikolai Vasilievich, with a pretty flapper on his arm.</p>
<p>And we shook hands warmly.</p>
-<p>‘May I introduce&mdash;&mdash;?”</p>
+<p>“May I introduce&mdash;&mdash;?”</p>
<p>And I was introduced.</p>
@@ -2590,7 +2588,7 @@ he wanted was care and comfort. And now the doctors and operations are
costing Nikolai Vasilievich a good bit of money, I can tell you. Really,
we are most unfortunate people.... And Sonia, too, marrying Baron
Wunderhausen, who, as I suspected, is a drag<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_92">{92}</a></span> on Nikolai Vasilievich’s
-resources. Really, he cannot afford it, Andrei Andreiech, The mines&mdash;&mdash;”
+resources. Really, he cannot afford it, Andrei Andreiech. The mines&mdash;&mdash;”
She waved her hand. Nikolai Vasilievich, with his hands deep in his
trouser pockets, stood looking at the window, though the blinds were
lowered and there was nothing he could see.</p>
@@ -5134,9 +5132,8 @@ Holdcroft.”</p>
<p>“What, again!”</p>
-<p>“Yes, I am very much against it,” she confided.</p>
-
-<p>“I was furious. I said to Nina: ‘Andrei Andreiech and your father had
+<p>“Yes, I am very much against it,” she confided.
+“I was furious. I said to Nina: ‘Andrei Andreiech and your father had
nearly lost their lives looking<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_178">{178}</a></span> for you everywhere during the firing.’
But all she said was, ‘There was no need to.’<span class="lftspc">”</span></p>
@@ -6488,7 +6485,7 @@ there. He’s been to Vladivostok and knows your friends, no doubt&mdash;Nina.
Come.”</p>
<p>We shook hands, and then compared experiences. “And do you remember that
-good-looking girl, Nina Bursanova?” at length I ventured.</p>
+good-looking girl, Nina Bursànova?” at length I ventured.</p>
<p>The Colonel thought hard, and then said:</p>
diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt
index 6c72794..b5dba15 100644
--- a/LICENSE.txt
+++ b/LICENSE.txt
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ the "Copyright How-To" at https://www.gutenberg.org.
No investigation has been made concerning possible copyrights in
jurisdictions other than the United States. Anyone seeking to utilize
-this eBook outside of the United States should confirm copyright
+this book outside of the United States should confirm copyright
status under the laws that apply to them.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a3b1a3b..77947e5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-Project Gutenberg (https://www.gutenberg.org) public repository for eBook #77253
-(https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77253)
+Project Gutenberg (https://www.gutenberg.org) public repository for
+book #77253 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77253)