families, well-to-do but in search of economic independence. Working as
stenographer in George's office; an ardent Suffragist.

_Penfield Evans_... Otherwise "Penny," George's partner, in love with
Betty. Neutral on the subject of Suffrage.

_Alys Brewster-Smith_... Cousin of George, once removed; thirty-three, a
married woman by profession, but temporarily widowed. Anti-suffragist. One
Angel Child aged five.

_Martin Jaffry_... Uncle to George, bachelor of uncertain age and certain
income. The widow's destined prey.

_Cousin Emelene_.... On Genevieve's side. Between thirty-five and forty, a
born spinster but clinging to the hope of marriage as the only career for
women. Has a small and decreasing income. Affectedly feminine and genuinely
incompetent.


_Mrs. Harvey Herrington_.... President of the Woman's Club, the Municipal
League, Suffrage Society leader, wealthy, cultured and possessing a sense
of humor.

_Percival Pauncefoot Sheridan_.... Betty's brother, fifteen, commonly
called Pudge. Pink, pudgy, sensitive; always imposed upon, always grouchy
and too good-natured to assert himself.

_E. Eliot_.... Real estate agent (added in Chapter VI by Henry Kitchell
Webster).