[ catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011612920]
In addition, it was checked against the text posted by the Victorian Plays Project at:
[ http://victorian.nuigalway.ie]
In general, this transcription attempts to retain the formatting, punctuation and spelling of the source text. Thus, variant spellings such as “musn’t,” “doat,” “ecstacies,” and “illnatured” have been retained. Some minor inconsistencies and errors have been corrected as follows:
- p. 2: COSTUMES.—The pres—Based on the text available through the Victorian Plays Project, changed the costume note to “COSTUMES.—The present day.”
- p. 4: if you could’nt manage to—Changed “could’nt” to “couldn’t”.
- p. 5: I’m sure I dont want to stay—Changed “dont” to “don’t”.
- p. 5: we have been married scarcely three years. and this—Changed the period after “years” to a comma.
- p. 6: AUGUS The little cherub!—Added a period after “AUGUS”.
- p. 9: MRS BROWN. So, sir, I perceive you are—Inserted a period after “MRS”.
- p. 10: I have the honour to wish you a good morning, Mrs Duval.—Added a period after “Mrs” for consistency.
- p. 13: Why, he must have followed me home—Added a period to the end of the sentence.
- p. 16: He had’nt been five minutes in the house—Changed “had’nt” to “hadn’t”.
- p. 16: (they sit, BOBBINS R., VANDKYE BROWN L.—Changed “VANDKYE” to “VANDYKE”.
- p. 20: There’s somebody here! (down. R.)—Changed the period after “down” to a comma.
- p. 22: FAST. (L) What’s that to you?—Inserted a period after “L”.
- p. 25: Deleted the line before the tableau direction for consistency.