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He either fears his fate too much,
Or his deserts are small,
Who dares not put it to the touch
To win or lose it all.
Colonel George Annesley A retired Army Officer
Miss Betty Annesley His daughter
Lieutenant Robert Warburton Lately resigned
Mr. John Warburton His elder brother,
of the War Department
Mrs. John Warburton The elder brother's wife
Miss Nancy Warburton The lieutenant's sister
Mr. Charles Henderson Her fiance
Count Karloff An unattached diplomat
Colonel Frank Raleigh The Lieutenant's Regimental
Colonel
Mrs. Chadwick A product of Washington life
Monsieur Pierre A chef
Mademoiselle Celeste A lady's maid
Jane Mrs. Warburton's maid
The Hopeful A baby
William A stable-boy
Fashionable People Necessary for a dinner party
Celebrities Also necessary for a dinner party
Unfashionables Police, cabbies, grooms, clerks,
etc.
TIME--Within the past ten years.
SCENE--Washington, D.C., and its environs. _