- p. 93: [_To VALE_] Horace, can't you speak?--Added period after "VALE" for consistency. - p. 98: To be ready for the morning--Added period to end of sentence. - p. 99: What is underneath that window, Mr. Blond--Added question mark to end of sentence. - p. 100: You're breathing--Added period to end of sentence. - p. 103: Very nice part, Colonel. Thank you--Added a period after "Thank you". - p. 103: Horace Edmund Cholmeley Clive Napier Vale Captain--Shropshire Fusiliers--Stark's Hotel, Conduit Street.--Added a period after "Vale". (US) - p. 110: ...a method of delivering evidence articulately--Added a period to end of sentence. - p. 113: "Cos I'm agoin' to join in the chase after you."--Inserted an apostrophe before "Cos". (US) - p. 114: Bring him in. [_LUGG goes out._ Wyke! From Agatha!--Added a closing bracket after "out." - p. 115: Tell Mrs. Posket I will come on the moment the Court rises--Added a period to end of sentence. - p. 119: Two contrived to escape--Added a period to end of sentence. - p. 125: I regret to see you in this terrible position, Colonel Lukyn--Added a period to end of sentence. - P. 126: He's in it sir.--Added a comma after "it". (US and consistent elsewhere in H) - p. 126: [_LUKYN sits again._] [_POSKET takes up the charge sheet._]--Deleted closing and opening brackets after "again." (US) - p. 134: _They turn their collars down, MR. POSKET takes MR. WORMINGTON'S arm._--Changed comma to a semicolon. (US) - p. 136: I haven t found 'em.--Added an apostrophe between "haven" and "t". - p. 137: It's my opinion he's got a softening of the brain--Added period to end of sentence. - p. 137: [_He goes through the curtains._]--Moved to next line (US) and deleted closing bracket to be consistent with other stage directions in H. - p. 144: [_Following him with the paper and inkstand_]--Added period after inkstand for consistency. (US) - p. 150: I'm going to re-open the matter!--Added closing double quotation mark at end of sentence. (US) - p. 153: ...who condemned his wife and sister in-law to the miseries of a jail!--Inserted a hyphen between "sister" and "in-law". - p. 159: S-s-s h! Don't count!--Added hyphen between "S-s-s" and "h!" (US) - p. 161: _CHARLOTTE has entered, and she rushes across to VALE_--Added a period to the end of the sentence. Some inconsistences that existed in both H and US were allowed to stand. For example, characters are occasionally referred to slightly differently in the stage directions, e.g., "POSKET" vs. "MR. POSKET". The name of the hotel in Act Two is spelled with an "ô" in the cast and scene lists at the beginning of the play but is spelled with an "o" elsewhere in the text. Lugg's rank is spelled "Serjeant" in the cast list and "Sergeant" elsewhere. Both "missis" and "missus" are used. The number for Lukyn's address is both "19a" and "19A". Variant spellings in H such as "neckkerchief" and "table-cloth" were not changed.