A COMEDY IN THREE ACTS
BY
ARNOLD BENNETT
London
CHATTO & Windus
MCMXVIII
CHARACTERS
Mr. Culver
Mrs. Culver
Hildegarde Culver } their children
John Culver }
Tranto
Miss Starkey
Sampson straig...
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