This transcription is based on images posted by the HathiTrust Digital
Library as scanned by Google from a copy made available by the
University of California:
http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012436183
The following changes were made to the text:
- p. 3: Mr. H. VANDENHOFF--Inserted a period after "VANDENHOFF" for
consistency.
- p. 3: Mrs L. MURRAY.--Inserted a period after "Mrs" for consistency.
- p. 3: Black coat, white waistcoat, black trousers, polished boots
grey wig.--Inserted a comma after "boots".
- p. 3: yellow silk neck handkerchief, large shirt collar, large black
nat.--Changed "nat" to "hat".
- p. 13: my uncle and his wife his first visit since his
marriage!--Inserted a comma after "wife".
- p. 16: I am pretty punctual you see, Lady Evergreen, Is it
possible?--Changed comma after "Evergreen" to a period.
- p. 23: Eh? (_looking off R.H.U.E_) my friend Augustus with a
lady?--Inserted a period between "E" and the closing parenthesis.
Variant spellings such as "pourtrayed" and "ar'n't" and spellings to
suggest pronunciation in Joe's and Margery's lines have been retained.