MADAME BELCOUR, _a widow, cousin of the Judge, and presiding in his
household_.
BELINDA, _daughter of Madame Belcour_.
LUCY, _daughter of the Judge_.
MRS. OLNEY, _wife of Prof. Olney_.
ISABELLE, _reputed daughter of Prof. Olney_.
RUTH, _waiting-maid at Judge Bolton's_.

SCENE--partly in the city; partly at Rose Hill, near the city.

TIME OF ACTION, twenty-four hours, commencing at 10 o'clock, A.M., and
ending at the same hour on the following day.

ACT I.

SCENE I.--_A Doctor's study. Books and instruments scattered around. Table
in the centre, strewn with books and pamphlets._ DR. MARGRAVE _seated by
the table, cutting the leaves of a pamphlet_.

DR. MARGRAVE.
Thus, ever on and on must be our course:
Even as the ocean drinks a thousand streams,
And never cries "enough!"--the human mind
Would drain all sources of intelligence,
Yet ne'er is filled, and never satisfied.
And theory succeeds to theory
As regular as tides that ebb and flow.
This treatise will disprove the last I read.
Shade of Hippocrates! what creeds are formed,
What antics practiced with your "Healing Art!"