Lady Cecil is in well-fitting English travelling costume.

Miss Prendergast, the same, but in accordance with her sixty years. Hair, silver-white.


PROPERTIES

Scene I. Flat square cushions, on which the girls kneel, sitting back on their heels in Japanese fashion; loose chrysanthemums; stool in summer-house; girls carry fans in hands or girdles.

Scene II. Grass or straw rope; Eastern rugs; loose chrysanthemums; guitar or samisen; cushions.

Scene III. Sock, thimble, needle; dead flower.

Scene IV. Presents on tray; books; cushions.

Scene V. Japanese umbrellas, flowers, vases; square low table; cushions.