“Every little bit Perry looks at his watch and says:
“ ‘I got to be home, you know, Buck, at seven.’
“ ‘All right,’ I’d say. ‘Romp along and move. This here excitement’s killing me. If I don’t reform some, and loosen up the strain of this checkered dissipation I won’t have a nerve left.’
-“It might have been half-past six when commotions began to go on outside in the street. We heard a yelling and a six-shootering, and a lot of galloping and maneuveres.
+“It might have been half-past six when commotions began to go on outside in the street. We heard a yelling and a six-shootering, and a lot of galloping and maneuvers.
“ ‘What’s that?’ I wonders.
“ ‘Oh, some nonsense outside,’ says Perry. ‘It’s your move. We just got time to play this game.’
“ ‘I’ll just take a peep through the window,’ says I, ‘and see. You can’t expect a mere mortal to stand the excitement of having a king jumped and listen to an unidentified conflict going on at the same time.’