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  PERSONAE.

  OLD LECTURER (of incalculable age)

  FLORRIE, on astronomical evidence presumed to be aged 9.

  ISABEL " 11.

  MAY " 11.

  LILY " 12.

  KATHLEEN " 14.

  LUCILLA " 15.

  VIOLET " 16.

  DORA (who has the keys and is housekeeper) " 17.

  EGYPT (so called from her dark eyes) " 17.

  JESSIE (who somehow always makes the room look brighter when she is in it) " 18.

  MARY (of whom everybody, including the Old Lecturer, is in great awe) " 20.