Captain Hagberd (a retired coasting skipper).
Josiah Carvil (formerly a shipbuilder—a widower—blind).
Harry Hagberd (son of Captain Hagberd, who as a boy ran away from home).
A Lamplighter.
Bessie Carvil (daughter of Josiah Carvil).
Captain Hagberd (a retired coasting skipper).
Josiah Carvil (formerly a shipbuilder—a widower—blind).
Harry Hagberd (son of Captain Hagberd, who as a boy ran away from home).
A Lamplighter.
Bessie Carvil (daughter of Josiah Carvil).
SCENE
A small sea port.
To right, two yellow brick cottages belonging to Captain Hagberd, one inhabited by himself the other by the Carvils. A lamp-post in front. The red roofs of the town in the background. A sea-wall to left.
Time: The present-early autumn, towards dusk.