And you are prefectly entitled to your opinion, Jim. Having studied all of PB's versions and compared all of them with the other extant versions and studied all of his manuscripts I have a rather different opinion which happily happens to coincide with Child's and William Walker's before Child died.
I happen to have as great a regard for all of these people as you have. I just happen to think that taking all of their work as coming from the mouths of the people is dangerous and misguided.