Characters

Reggie Pepper � Narrator who loved Elizabeth and was engaged to her
Elizabeth Schoolbred Yeardsley � Clarence's wife who wants Reggie to steal The Venus
Bill Schoolbred � Reggie's chum at Oxford
Clarence Yeardsley � An artist who married Elizabeth
Mr. Mathew Yeardsley � Clarence's father and an amateur painter who gave his picture, The Venus, to Clarence and Elizabeth but wants it back