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CHARACTERS / ANDREY ANDREYEVITCH SHIPUCHIN, Chairman of the N Joint Stock / Bank, a middle-aged man, with a monocle / TATIANA ALEXEYEVNA, his wife, aged 25 / KUSMA NICOLAIEVITCH KHIRIN, the bank's aged book-keeper / NASTASYA FYODOROVNA MERCHUTKINA, an old woman wearing / old-fashioned cloak / DIRECTORS OF THE BANK / EMPLOYEES OF THE BANK
[The private office of the Chairman of Directors. On the left is a door, leading into the public department. There are two desks. The furniture aims at a deliberately luxurious effect, with armchairs covered in velvet, flowers, statues, carpets, and a telephone. It is midday. KHIRIN is alone; he wears long felt boots, and is shouting through the door.]