The Ethics of the Dust
Ten Lectures
To Little Housewives on the Elements of Crystallisation
Personæ
| Old Lecturer (of incalculable age) | |
| Florrie, on astronomical evidence presumed to be | aged 9. |
| Isabel | ″ 11. |
| May | ″ 11. |
| Lily | ″ 12. |
| Kathleen | ″ 14. |
| Lucilla | ″ 15. |
| Violet | ″ 16. |
| Dora (who has the keys and is housekeeper) | ″ 17. |
| Egypt (so called from her dark eyes) | ″ 17. |
| Jessie (who somehow always makes the room look brighter when she is in it) | ″ 18. |
| Mary (of whom everybody, including the Old Lecturer, is in great awe) | ″ 20. |