To
SYBIL THORNDIKE.


CONTENTS
[THE STORY OF RACHEL], play in one act
[KIRSTIN], dramatic sketch in three scenes
[THE PARACHUTE], comedy in one act
[A SECOND-CLASS DUKE], comedy in one act.


THE STORY OF RACHEL.

A Play in One Act.
Characters:

Captain William Carteret, R.N. (about 48).
Rachel (his wife, 28).
A maid—not a speaking part—who only
brings in a letter.

Rachel and Carteret sitting in their comfortable drawing room, Rachel in armchair R.C. near a table, cutting a book with a paper-knife. Carteret on small sofa, L.C., with a little table near him on which is an ash-tray. He is smoking, and reading the "Pall Mall Gazette."