CHARACTERS
Reading edition
Miss Lavinia Boltwood, a despotic spinster. Betty Boltwood, her niece. Mrs. Cowles, a neighbor. Mrs. Adams, a neighbor. Mrs. Strong, the village gossip. Mandy, slave of Miss Boltwood. Judge Ingram, a middle-aged bachelor of mild Tory sentiments. William Dickinson, a fiery young Minuteman.