_By ARTHUR W. PINERO_


_LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN_

_MCM_




_Copyright, 1900
All rights reserved
Entered at Stationers' Hall
Entered at the Library of Congress, Washington, U.S.A._




_THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY_

THE MARQUESS OF QUEX
SIR CHICHESTER FRAYNE (Governor of Uumbos, West Coast of Africa)
CAPTAIN BASTLING
"VALMA," otherwise FRANK POLLITT (a Professional Palmist)
THE DUCHESS OF STROOD
JULIA, COUNTESS OF OWBRIDGE
MRS. JACK EDEN
MURIEL EDEN (her sister-in-law)
SOPHY FULLGARNEY (a Manicurist)