Epigraph
“Who touches pitch shall be defiled”
Characters
HILLCRIST...............A Country Gentleman
AMY.....................His Wife
JILL....................His Daughter
DAWKER..................His Agent
HORNBLOWER..............A Man Newly-Rich
CHARLES.................His Elder Son
CHLOE...................Wife to Charles
ROLF....................His Younger Son
FELLOWS.................Hillcrist’s Butler
ANNA....................Chloe’s Maid
THE JACKMANS............Man and Wife
AN AUCTIONEER
A SOLICITOR
TWO STRANGERS
Act I.
HILLCRIST’S Study
ACT II.
SCENE I. A month later. An Auction Room.
SCENE II. The same evening.
CHLOE’S Boudoir.
ACT III
SCENE I. The following day. HILLCRIST’S Study. Morning.
SCENE II. The Same. Evening.