It looks like there is a typo in the passage no. 2180. Pashkhan had already asked about it before. And that time we figured out that "per cent" is not wrong (indeed, this spelling is acceptable as well, although it is more common in British English, while "percent" is more common in US English). But there is also another problem: the dot ("per cent. of"), According to the meaning, the dot is completely unnecessary here.
Indeed, in the month that followed, even after the Austrian ultimatum had appeared, Soames, like ninety-nine per cent. of his fellow-countrymen, didn't know what there was "to make such a fuss about." To suppose that England could be involved was weak-minded.
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BUT man
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Вместо "sit" должно быть "lit"