Presented by R. E . JEFFREY .
Characters :
(In the order of their speaking.)
The time is a Saturday afternoon about 3 o'clock. The scene is a stiff though comfortably furnished room in a provincial house. Victorian prints of the Boer War, Queen Victoria and the Prince Consort adorn the flowery paper walls. A fire is burning in a big black shiny grate. Rain is splashing on the windows through which comes a greyish light, showing a table completely laid for tea. The kettle is already on the fire. Mr. and Mrs. Peach and Aunt Matilda are dressed for outdoors and each armed with an umbrella. Aunt Matilda speaks.
THE ORCHESTRA.