The following changes were noted:
- p. 2: LILY. Who’s Poppy, dear.—Changed period to a question mark.
- p. 7: I’ve er—got some news for you.—Inserted dash after “I’ve”.
- p. 12: You are quite free to do as you like, aren’t’ you, Mr. Tennant?—Deleted apostrophe after “aren’t”.
- p. 15: [lifting the curtain and coming forward with Leslie.]—Changed “Leslie” to unitalicized all caps.
- p. 31: CHARLEY. (digging his hands into the pockets…—Changed opening parenthesis to opening bracket for consistency.
- p. 36: [To Charley.] You must have something hot…—Changed “Charley” to unitalicized all caps.
- p. 45: She brings back with her a tray, with cloth, etc.. and prepares for tea on a small table.—Changed second period after “etc” to a comma.
- p. 48: MRS. M. [a little impatiently to Maggie.]—Changed “Maggie” to unitalicized all caps.
- p. 54: The work is not too hard, But you like change.—Changed comma after “hard” to a period.
- [p. 63:] Added stage direction: “LILY and MRS. MASSEY go out.”—A few lines after Lily says “I’m quite ready to go”, there is a stage direction for Lily and Mrs. Massey to re-enter, but the source text has no direction indicating their exit. A stage direction indicating their exit was added right after Lily’s line.
- p. 78: LIL goes out, and re-enters a moment after with MAGGIE.—Changed “LIL” to “LILY”.
- p. 80: LILY runs to the door. Good-bye.—Placed line of dialogue (“Good-bye.”) on a separate line from the preceding stage direction.
Some inconsistencies in the source text have been noted but allowed to stand as-is. For example, Lily’s husband’s name is spelled both “Charley” and “Charlie.” On p. 58, Mrs. Massey says, “Sybil told me distinctly this afternoon that Charley wanted to go to Australia.” She is clearly referring to Lily, but the line has been left as printed.
The html version of this etext attempts to reproduce the layout of the printed text. However, some concessions have been made. For example, all stage directions were indented the same amount from the left margin and coded as hanging paragraphs.