CHARACTERS

MR. CULVER
MRS. CULVER
HILDEGARDE CULVER	} their children
JOHN CULVER	}
TRANTO
MISS STARKEY
SAMPSON STRAIGHT
PARLOURMAID

[ACT I]

An evening between Christmas and New Year, before dinner.

[ACT II]

The next evening, after dinner.

[ACT III]

The next day, before lunch.

The scene throughout is a sitting-room in the well-furnished West End abode of the Culvers. There is a door, back. There is also another door (L) leading to Mrs. Culver's boudoir and elsewhere.