A Lodge in the Wilderness

THE CHARACTERS Mr. Francis Carey An intelligent millionaire Lord Appin A Conservative; sometime Prime Minister of England Lord Launceston An Ex-Viceroy; attached to no political party Mr. Ebenezer Wakefield A Canadian Statesman Mr. Eric Lowentstein A Jewish financier Sir Edward Considine An Explorer and famous Big-game Hunter Colonel Alistair Graham A Soldier and Traveler; now of the Intelligence Department Mr. Lewis Astbury A Journalist Sir Hugh Somerville The Duchess of Maxton Wife of George, 14th Duke of Maxton and Champfleury, at one time a Liberal Secretary of State; Sister of Lord Appin Lady Amysfort A Tory; Wife of a well-known member of the Jockey Club Mrs. Wilbraham Wife qf Colonel Wilbraham, C.B., on service in South Africa Lady Warcliff Wife of Sir Arthur Warcliff, K.C.B., K.C.S.I., a General Officer commanding in India Lady Lucy Gardner Wife of Sir Hamilton Gardner, G.C.M.G., High Commissioner of East Africa Mrs. Yorke An American; Wife of the Rt. Hon. Henry Yorke, a Liberal Secretary of State Mrs. Deloraine Of Deloraine Manor, Shropshire Lady Flora Brune Niece of the Duchess of Maxton Miss Marjory Haystoun