The Persons
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Elfride Swancourt, a young lady
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Christopher Swancourt, a clergyman
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Stephen Smith, an architect
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Henry Knight, a reviewer and essayist
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Charlotte Troyton, a rich widow
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Gertrude Jethway, a poor widow
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Spenser Hugo Luxellian, a peer
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Lady Luxellian, his wife
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Mary and Kate, two little girls
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William Worm, a dazed factotum
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John Smith, a master-mason
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Jane Smith, his wife
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Martin Cannister, a sexton
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Unity, a maidservant
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Other servants, masons, labourers, grooms, nondescripts, etc., etc.
The Scene: Mostly on the outskirts of Lower Wessex.