- p. 16: RAT. (_to Mrs. S._) Bank notes, I presume?--"Mrs." changed to small caps in the html version and all caps in the text version for consistency. - p. 16: this bold and impudent villain. (_RATCLIFFE slightly starts_) treating the matter as--Changed period after "villain" to a comma. - p. 17: Lor, Master Percy, is that you? _throwing her arms_--Inserted a beginning parenthesis before "throwing". - p. 17: Lor love'ee, (_about to embrace him again._--Changed comma after "love'ee" to a period. - p. 18: here sit down, (_making POS. sit down_--Changed comma to a period. - p. 18: run, fly! _PEGGY trots out at door_--Inserted a beginning parenthesis before "PEGGY". - p. 18: RAT (_to POS. and slapping him on the shoulder_)--Inserted a period after "RAT". - p. 19: POS. I'll do it at once, (_aside_) amd considering--Changed "amd" to "and". - p. 19: The devil! (_aloud_) and is name is----Changed first "is" to "his". - p. 20: we must not mince matters. (_imitating RATCLIFFE'S manner._)--Inserted closing quotation mark after "matters." - p. 20: more courage than I imagined. I was about to observe--Inserted "(_aloud_)" after "than I imagined." End of Project Gutenberg's A Desperate Game, by John Maddison Morton