Characters

CONSUL² KARSTEN BERNICK

MRS³ BETTY BERNICK, his wife

OLAF, their son, thirteen years old

MISS MARTA BERNICK, the consul’s sister

JOHAN TØNNESEN, Mrs Bernick’s younger brother

MISS LONA HESSEL, Mrs Bernick’s older step-sister

MR HILMAR TØNNESEN, Mrs Bernick’s cousin

MR RØRLUND, a schoolmaster ⁴

MR RUMMEL, a merchant⁵

MR VIGELAND, a tradesman

MR SANDSTAD, a tradesman

DINA DORF, a young girl living in the Bernicks’ house

MR KRAP, the consul’s chief clerk

MR AUNE, shipwright at Bernick’s yard

MRS RUMMEL, wife of Mr Rummel

MRS HOLT, wife of the postmaster

MRS LYNGE, wife of the doctor

MISS RUMMEL

MISS HOLT

THE TOWN’S CITIZENS AND OTHER INHABITANTS, FOREIGN SAILORS, STEAMSHIP PASSENGERS, ETC.

The action takes place in Consul Bernick’s house in a moderately small Norwegian coastal town.