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.