• Horace Templeton, a collector of antiques.
• Prof. Algernon Gates, bashful but persistent.
• Leon Burnett, a neighbor of the Templetons'.
• Eric Dean, Burnett's brother-in-law.
• Mrs. Templeton, Templeton's wife.
• Hilda, his daughter.
• Sue, his spinster sister.
• Fanny Burnett, Burnett's wife.

Time:—Summer evening of present year.