Stephen Wheatmeal is to take holy orders, but what should he do about his mistress living in Chelsea?

One of five Victorian mysteries by Wilkie Collins.

Dramatised by John Arden.

Wilkie Collins...Ronald Pickup
Rev Wheatmeal...John Rowe
Young Wheatmeal...David Brooks
Jeromette...Alison Pettitt
Blacklock...David Bannerman.

Pianist: Colin Guthrie

Director: David Blount

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1998. Show less