SCENE 1.

_Characters in the order of their appearance_:

HENRY MERTON (_a young Englishman_). PETER THWAITE (_a Sheep Farmer in Australia_). KIRSTIN (THWAITE'S _Daughter_). MRS PLANT (_Housekeeper to_ MERTON). LADY GAIRLOCH. LADY BETTY CRAIGIE (_her Daughter_). JANE (_a maid_).

THE ACTION _takes place_:--

_In_ SCENE 1, _at a remote sheep farm in Queensland at the end of the 19th Century_.