Transcriber’s Note
This transcription is based on scanned images posted by the Internet Archive from a copy in the University of California, Los Angeles Library:
[archive.org/details/tyrannyoftearsco00chamiala]
The following changes were noted:
- Throughout the text, the convention of long dashes at the end of lines has been made consistent.
- p. iii: …his charming ruler, worldly-wise Gunning…—Changed comma to a semicolon.
- p. 25: [Leans on back of sofa.—Added closing bracket.
- p. 37: …Mrs. Parbury stands C., rather confused].—Placed period within brackets for consistency.
- p. 52: …the trouble of doing it to-morrow—Added period to end of sentence.
- p. 64: [Parbury rises; crosses to R. Mrs. Parbury follows him.]—In html version, changed “R.” to plain text for consistency.
- p. 79: Three o’clock—Added period to end of line.
- p. 95: They all drink champagne…—Added opening bracket.
- p. 115: [He goes slowly over Gunning…—Inserted “to” after “over”.
- p. 123: Don t speak like that…—Inserted an apostrophe between “Don” and “t”.
- p. 124: [Slight pause. He takes her hand].—Placed period within brackets for consistency.
- p. 139: Not the story of your life, surely—Added period to end of sentence.
- p. 149: …then restrains himself.][Drooping.]…—In the printed text, there was a line break between these two directions. They have been placed on the same line for consistency.
The html version of this etext attempts to reproduce the layout of the printed text. However, some concessions have been made, partly to simplify coding. For example, stage directions printed flush right at the end of a line of dialogue without a closing bracket were placed on the next line, indented the same amount from the left margin, and coded as hanging paragraphs.
