BETTY, a maid at Beersmann's.

Two man-servants and a policeman.




THE PRESUMPTION


The esteemed, sensitive public will assume that the action takes
place in Emilsburg, the capital of the Duchy of Gerlestein. The
first and third acts occur in the house of Herr Fritz Beermann;
the second act, in the Police Headquarters. It all happens between
Sunday afternoon and Monday evening.

To be free from blame, the producers will please note that:

BEERMANN is in the fifties; jovial; lively; with gray side-
whiskers and chin carefully shaved.

FRAU BEERMANN is in the late forties, though youthful looking for
her age.

FRAU LUND. sixty-eight; a woman of impressive appearance; her
manner is energetic; her mass of white hair is carefully
coiffured.

FRAU BOLLAND. about forty-five; stout; talkative.