Excerpt from All on Account of Polly: A Comedy in Three Acts Hortense - Pretty girl of 19 or 20. In Act I She is attired in a rather untidy negligee. In Act II She wears a Simple house frock, changing to elaborate afternoon gown, and in Act III, a very Simple, pretty girlish frock. She, like all the other members of the Beverly family, is selfish and believes that money comes above everything else. Geraldine - Pretty, winsome girl of 17 or 18. Keenly alive at all times and never has a serious thought. She is inclined to be satirical and finds delight in picking on the other members of the family. With all, She is warm hearted and highly impulsive. In Act I her appearance is untidy. In Act II She appears first in a modest house frock and changes to handsome afternoon gown. In Act III wears a pretty, girlish frock. Peter - About 25 years of age. While he is an Ameri can, he had early acquired the mimicry of English fops, with the monocle habit and drawling, exaggerated accent. Born of wealthy parents, he has never had. To do much thinking for himself, and in consequence is Slow and stupid in speech and action. Wears' fashionable clothes through out. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.