ACT I. Room in Mr. Faraday's House, February 11th. Evening.
ACT II. Same as Act I. Eight months later. About six o'clock.
ACT III. Morning room in Mr. Faraday's house. Evening same day.
Admiral Grice (Retired), a testy old gentleman of about sixty-five, with the manner of an old sea dog, of ruddy complexion, with white hair and whiskers.
William Faraday, a well-preserved man of about sixty-five. Fashionable, superficial and thoroughly selfish.
Colonel Smith, a dignified, dryly humorous man of military bearing, about forty years old.
Robert Tarver, an empty-headed young swell.
Henry Steele and James Raleigh, two young men of about thirty and thirty-five respectively.
Martin, a dignified old family servant.
Celia Faraday, an unaffected woman of twenty-nine, with a sense of humor.
Madge (Mrs. Rockingham) and Evelyn (Lady Trenchard), handsome, well-dressed, fashionable women of twenty-five and twenty-seven respectively.
Phyllis, the youngest sister, a charming and pretty but thoughtlessly selfish girl of twenty.
Mrs. Chisholm Faraday, of Chicago (Aunt Ida), a florid, quick-tempered, warm-hearted woman of fifty or thereabouts.