Date: This episode takes place over a few weeks (11'19" & 20'30") starting September 9th 1913 (42'07").

Richard background: In his early days, he had something to do with the Foreign Office and was based in Paris (3'16"). He has now sold the lease of the house to James as per Sir Geoffrey's suggestion in Rose's Pigeon. James paid him £5000 for this. (4'00")

Lady Marjorie background: In the club, Challen says to Richard: "Do you ever get down to Southwold these days?" Richard replies: "Never. Marjorie's cousin is not..." before he is cut off by the incident with the soda siphon (4'09"). This seems to imply that a (male) cousin of Marjorie inherited the Southwold title and estate on the death of her brother, Hugo. This, in itself, implies Hugo had no (living) son or brother (or their male offspring).

Goof: At 6'33" Hudson is seen betting on horse races. This is odd, as in episodes both before and after this one, he is seen denouncing betting (Your Obedient Servant and All the King's Horses). (Thanks to Neil Gray for sending this one in.)

The horses that Hudson bets on for the St Leger – White Magic and Seremond – are both genuine. He places a shilling to win on White Magic, but this came in second. He also places 6d each way on Seremond, which came in third at 33-1.

Goof: At both 7'30" and 18'18", Hudson gets Richard a telephone number – Chancery 2214. However, the Chancery exchange didn't open until 1921. (Thanks to David Village for that one.)

Ruby sings a folk song from Newcastle called Bobby Shafto – about an 18th-century Member of Parliament and philanderer (12'00").

Goof: There was no football match between (Woolwich) Arsenal and Chelsea in the 1913/14 season as they were in different divisions (Woolwich Arsenal had been relegated to the second division after the previous season) (16'33").

Goof: The newspaper seems to carry the date Tuesday 9th of _____mber 1913. The only months that fit (i.e. have a 9th on a Tuesday) are September or December. Neither of these fit in with the dating of this episode. (16'57")

Goof: Amazing agility from Hudson. He manages to leave the study and return to the servants' hall, get the operator to call a number, and route the call upstairs all in just 16 seconds! (18'27")

Goof: There is a camera reflection in the glass of the door between the servant's dining room and kitchen (25'20").

Sir Geoffrey background: He read law at New College, Oxford University (29'18").

Goof: The newspaper reporting the second day of Richard's hearing still thinks it is early September (35'50").

Goof: If you do a frame by frame at 36'31" you can just about see Mrs Bridges take a postal order (?) out of the letter and put it down on the table. You can again see the postal order on the table as Ruby picks up her letter (37'05"). However, when we cut back to this camera a bit later (as Ruby asks Mrs Bridges to read the letter), the postal order is gone (37'18"). Reason: I think the scene was cobbled together from two takes (notice how Hudson's head moves relative to the lamp behind him) and the postal order got lost somewhere in the in-between time. (Thanks to Tony Murray for spotting this one.)

Ruby background: Her surname is Finch. The rest of her family (mum, dad and sister Ethel) live in Bradford (cf. The Nine Days Wonder and All the King's Horses). She can now read to some extent, but reading a letter from her mother would take her "all day". (36'45")