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 * Twilight


 * Midnight


 * Daybreak

, retired.

, his nephew, the present incumbent at the pharmacy.

, his wife.

, Anna’s sister.

, Anna’s son, ten years old.

, Julia’s son, five years old.

, the old man’s son.

, brother of the old man, in charge of the parish church.

, a chemist, employed in the pharmacy.

, an old woman employed in the Karvan family.

, family physician.

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.

, A notary.

The scene is laid in the garden of the Karvan estate in the town of Potsedin, a small village on the edge of the Bohmerwald.

The time is between evening and morning of St John’s day,—1874.

''The garden. In the background an inspiring view of the Bohmerwald. The slopes are covered with a dense forest. Above the forest, on the barren crest of a conical hill, is the ruined castle of Shorfstein. The garden plot is enclosed in a picket fence, with a wicket gate at back C.''