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AKA. Ensign Beverley
a young aristocrat who poses as a penniless ensign to win the love of Lydia Languish. After many problems—among them relatives who oppose his marriage, rivals who challenge him to duels, and misunderstandings with his love — He wins fair Lydia. |
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| Jack Absolute’s beloved, a girl whose head is so stuffed with the fantastic adventures of popular fictional people that she cannot bear to marry anyone in her own class. She spurns Jack Absolute when she learns that he is not the penniless Ensign Beverley, but she is greatly impressed when she learns that he is to fight a duel because of her, and he wins her hand. |
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| Jack’s strong-willed father, who insists that Jack marry the woman he selects. Jack refuses to obey his father’s edict until he learns he has chosen Lydia to be his son’s wife. |
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| Lydia’s aunt, whose well know fot her eccentric treatment of the English language. She opposes Lydia’s intention to marry Jack, but she drops her objections at last to bask in the high spirits of those whose problems have found happy solutions. |
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| An affable country squire who challenges Ensign Beverley to a duel. When he learns that Beverley and his friend Jack are the same person, the timid squire is greatly relieved that no duel will be necessary. |
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