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Originally Posted by mrmikel
It is hard to remember sometimes that these authors who we now regard as classic authors were grinding these out at a very fast pace to make a living, compensation then being much much less that the superstar authors of today. No surprise they should make a mistake. The Sherlock Holmes fans have uncovered some fair inconsistencies much worse than this.
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Or it could have been introduced by the printer. Certainly back then it would have been harder to keep text consistent while setting the type I'd think.