Helen Vardon's confession

not in his survival. I loathed him, but I did not hate him. (But are you quite sure--thought you might have taken it away with you.”) add _I_ and a space after the em-dash. “He drew _h mself_ to the edge of the bed, and, thrusting” to _himself_. “It had parts--_recognisble_ members.” to _recognisable_. [Chapter XXIII] “He gave me a few _explcit_ directions as to how to find” to _explicit_. [Chapter XXIV] “But there the plain, undeniable facts, were.” delete the second comma. “The length of _ripe_ had been joined at the ends” to _rope_. “bottle of veronal tablets on a table _b y_ the bed” to _by_. “night of the 18th as the time at which death _occured_” to _occurred_. (“No, I do not?”) change the question mark to a period. “The coroner nodded gravely and opened another letter: and as he read aloud” delete the colon. [Chapter XXV] “cross, to Fetter Lane and into Clifford’s Inn by the postern gate” delete the comma. “Before I had replied to Mr. Isaacs, letter I received two” change the comma to a possessive apostrophe. “which had slipped from me _subsconsciously_ would have been” to _subconsciously_. “But would it escape Dr. Thorndyke’s almost superhuman penetration.” change the period to a question mark. [Chapter XXVI] “the collection taken from Mr. Hyams’ includes tourmalines, emeralds” delete the apostrophe. (“Is it necessary, sir, for me to answer that question,” he asked) change the last comma to a question mark. “He is a dealer in works of art, principally _goldsmiths_ work” to _goldsmith’s_. “Is it not possible that this stick lying in the shade on the shelf, might have been overlooked?” delete the comma. [Chapter XXVII] “and there is a further _possiblity_ that he was actually her” to _possibility_. “The last letter refers _explicity_ to the loaded stick” to _explicitly_. “unmounted precious stones _illictly_ obtained are difficult” to _illicitly_. “weighed 231 pounds--more _that_ half a hundredweight in excess” to _than_. (“What method did you employ to measure the strength of the peg.”) change the period to a question mark. [Chapter XXVIII] “being a liquid--is an an intensely poisonous substance” delete one _an_. [Epilogue] “followed my pilgrimage through the valley of the shadow, has been given” delete the comma. [End of text]