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