ALEXANDER MACKENZIE LEWIS WALLER RICHARD LOMAS A. E. GEORGE DR. ADAMSON CHARLES ROCK SIR ROBERT BOULGER, BT. OWEN ROUGHWOOD GEORGE ALLERTON SHIEL BARRY REV. JAMES CARBERY S. J. WARMINGTON CAPTAIN MALLINS A. CATON WOODVILLE MILLER CHARLES CECIL CHARLES P. DIGAN MRS. CROWLEY EVA MOORE LADY KELSEY MARY RORKE LUCY ALLERTON EVELYN MILLARD _THE EXPLORER CHARACTERS_ ALEXANDER MACKENZIE RICHARD LOMAS DR. ADAMSON SIR ROBERT BOULGER, BT. GEORGE ALLERTON THE REV. JAMES CARBERY CAPTAIN MALLINS MILLER CHARLES LADY KELSEY MRS. CROWLEY LUCY ALLERTON TIME: _The Present Day._ SCENE: _The First and Third Acts take place at Lady Kelsey's house; the Second at Mackenzie's camp in Central Africa; and the Fourth at the house of Richard Lomas._ _The Performing Rights of this play are fully protected, and permission to perform it, whether by Amateurs or Professionals, must be obtained in advance from the author's Sole Agent, R. Golding Bright, 20 Green Street, Leicester Square, London, W.C., from whom all particulars can be obtained._ THE EXPLORER THE FIRST ACT SCENE: LADY KELSEY'S _drawing-room in Mayfair. At the back is a window leading on to a balcony. On the right a door leads to the staircase, and on the left is another door. It is the sumptuous room of a rich woman._ [LADY KELSEY _is seated, dressed in black; she is a woman of fifty, kind, emotional, and agitated. She is drying her eyes._ MRS. CROWLEY, _a pretty little woman of twenty-eight, very beautifully dressed, vivacious and gesticulative, is watching her quietly. The_ REV. JAMES CARBERY, _a young curate, tall and impressive in appearance, ponderous and self-important, is very immaculate in a silk waistcoat and a large gold cross._ CARBERY. I cannot tell you how sincerely I feel for you in this affliction, Lady Kelsey. LADY KELSEY. You're very kind. Every one has been very kind. But I shall never get over it. I shall never hold up my head again. MRS. CROWLEY. Nonsense! You talk as if the whole thing weren't perfectly monstrous. Surely you don't for a moment suppose that your brother-in-law won't be able to explain everything away? LADY KELSEY. God forbid! But still, it's dreadful to think that at this very moment my poor sister's husband is standing in the felon's dock. CARBERY. Dreadful, dreadful! LADY KELSEY. If you only knew the agonies I've suffered since Fred was arrested! At first I couldn't believe it, I wouldn't believe it. If I'd only known such a thing was possible, I'd have done anything to help him. CARBERY. But had you any idea he was in difficulties? LADY KELSEY.