DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
| COLONEL CHALLENGER. | ||
| HARRY BARTON. | ||
| BASIL ROYSTON. | ||
| MRS. TEMPLETON. | ||
| JULIA TEMPLETON. JOSEPHINE TEMPLETON. | } | (her nieces.) |
SCENE.—Mrs. Templeton’s Villa at Roehampton.
Handsomely furnished apartments; large French window at C. looking on a garden. Doors R. H. and L. H. At R. H. a table, on which is an open album; at L. C. another table covered with papers, etc.; table, sofa, chairs, etc.
Enter MRS. TEMPLETON at C., followed by COLONEL CHALLENGER.
COL. Cousin Martha, you are wrong, wrong, wrong! a thousand times wrong!
MRS. T. Cousin Samuel, I’m right, right, right! ten thousand times right!
COL. (aside). Obstinate old woman!
MRS. T. (aside). Pig-headed old man!
COL. What possible reason can you have for setting your face against Josephine’s getting married? It’s downright tyranny! Call yourself an aunt, indeed!