Index talk:The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd.djvu

Style

This edition is transcribe with curly quotes, instead of straight quotes.

The spoken dialogue represents dialect, and purposefully uses unconventional spacing and contractions. From page 20:

Holroyd

I shonna. I ’ll settle him. Shut thy claver. He ’ll non come anigh thee.

From page 37:

Holroyd (shouting)

I want nöwt. I ’m allowed nöwt in this ’ouse. (Shouting louder) ’Er begrudges me ivry morsel I ha’e.

The peculiarities in contractions and spacings can be seen, e.g., on page 4, where:

• they ’re - has a space
• it ’s - has a space
• I ’ll - has a space
• are n’t - has a space

but

• don’t - has no space
• shan’t - has no space
• gentlemen’s - has no space

--EncycloPetey (talk) 02:25, 1 April 2025 (UTC)