Clara, his sister, aged 21.
Jessie and Robin, the children of Thomas and Emily, aged 10 and 8.
Joan, maid to Clara.
Miles Hooper, a rich draper.
Luke Jenner, a farmer.
Lord Lovel.
George, aged 28.
ACT I.—Scene 1.
A wood. It is a morning in June.
George, carrying an empty basket, comes slowly through the wood. On reaching a fallen tree he sits down on it, placing his basket on the ground. With his stick he absently moves the grass and leaves that lie before him, and is so deeply lost in his own thoughts that he does not hear the approach of Miles and Luke until they are by his side.