His Audience
Prince Bojohn, a boy, the King’s grandson
Bodkin, a fisherman’s boy, his friend
The Princess Dorobel, Bojohn’s mother
Prince Bilbo, her husband, Bojohn’s father
The King and Queen of the Great Forest, Bojohn’s grandfather and grandmother, and the Princess Dorobel’s parents
Mortimer the Executioner
The Encourager of the Interrupter
THE FIRST NIGHT
STORY OF THE OLD MAN IN THE SPANGLED COAT
YOU must know (began the old man) that I am a tailor, by name Solario. In the reign of the good King Fortmain the Ninth—
“Ah!” interrupted the King. “That was my great-grandfather. Bless my soul, master tailor, you must have been imprisoned under the forest pool nearly a hundred years ago. Hum! I dare say you know what you’re talking about, but—”