This transcription is based on a copy of the Samuel French edition,
scans of which have been posted on the Internet Archive at:
https://archive.org/details/MortonWoodcocksLittleGame
Because of the print quality of the Samuel French edition, an American
reprint published by Harold Roorbach in 1889 was used as an additional
resource. Scans of the copy held by the Library of Congress are posted
at:
https://archive.org/details/woodcockslittleg00mort
In general, this transcription attempts to retain the formatting,
punctuation and spelling of the source text. Variant spellings such as
"bran-new" and "trowsers" have been retained as have some
inconsistencies in spelling, such as "ball room" vs. "ball-room" and
"thank'ee" vs. "thankee". Some changes were made to correct for
printing errors and for minor inconsistencies in formatting,
punctuation and spelling.
The following changes were made to the text:
-- p. 2: The upper right side of this page in the Samuel French
edition was blank. Thus, the name of the theater and the last names of
the actors were corrected or added based on the Roorbach edition.
-- p. 4: there's not the slightest doubt about it's being all
over!--Change "it's" to "its".
-- pp. 6-7: Yes, fair lady. I entered the holy state of
wedlock--Changed what appears to be a period to a comma in keeping
with the Roorbach edition.
-- p. 8: The gap! _she_ is under twenty, while you --how old shall
we say?--Inserted "are" in the blank space after "you" based on the
Roorbach edition.
-- p. 10: I could'nt have believed it of you--Changed "could'nt" to
"couldn't".
-- p. 11: (_taking hold of MRS. LARKING'S hand_)--Changed "LARKING'S"
to "LARKINGS'S" for consistency.
-- p. 13: he actually expressed his his intention of laying
aside--Deleted the second "his".
-- pp. 13-14: (_banging her hand on one of the parcels to Woodcock's
great alarm_)--Changed "_Woodcock's_" to "WOODCOCK'S" for consistency.
-- p. 14: Yes; embroidered, no doubt, by some unhappy creature he had
professed to me as he did me.--Changed "me" after "professed to" to
"love" based on the Roorbach edition.
-- p. 17: _Enter MRS LARKINGS in travelling dress, door R. 2
E._--Inserted a period after "MRS".
-- p. 19: (_taking off Mrs. Woodcock's cloak_)--Changed "_Mrs.
Woodcock's_" to "MRS. WOODCOCK'S" for consistency.
-- p. 19: (_taking hold of Mrs. Carver's cloak behind and giving it a
violent tug_)--Changed "_Mrs. Carver's_" to "MRS. CARVER'S" for
consistency.
-- p. 20: _Enter MRS. LARKINGS, at C., in fashionable evening
dress.--LADIES and GENTLEMEN are seen promenading
within--Music_)--Changed the closing parenthesis to a period.
-- p. 22: (_to MRS. LARKINGS_) we've settled our costume, my
dear!--Capitalized "we've".
-- p. 28: WOOD. (_still dancing after them, and aside to MRS.
SWANSDOWN_) Don't tell him that, mum--As Mrs. Larkings has the
previous line, changed "MRS. SWANSDOWN" to "MRS. LARKINGS".
-- p. 28: MR. L. Luckily, I'm not jealous!--Changed the character
title "MR. L." to "MRS. L." in keeping with the Roorbach edition.
-- p. 29: MRS C. (_R. C._) My dear friend, never indulge in a
plurality of epithets--Inserted a period after "MRS".
-- p. 31: But how _is_ Mrs Larkings to know anything about
it?--Inserted a period after "Mrs".
-- p. 33: Confound it! how she's hurting me?--Changed the question
mark to an exclamation mark in keeping with the Roorbach edition.
-- p. 34: DAVID. So he opens it, ma'am, and (_to LARKINGS who is
making violent signs to him to hold his tongue_) What's the matter,
sir?--Inserted an em dash after "and".