Then the husband, grown old, appeared and in pantomime reviewed the story of the strange vanishing of his beautiful bride on her wedding night so many years before.

In the next scene two servants appeared with orders to clean out and remove the old chest from the landing.

Hippy and Jessica, as the two mischievous prying servants, enacted their part to perfection.

Hippy carrying a broom and dust pan, did one of the eccentric dances, for which he was famous, while Jessica, armed with a huge duster, tried to drive him to work.
Finally both lay hold of the old chest, the rusted lock broke and the lid flew open.

After one look both servants ran away in terror, and beckoned to the forsaken husband who had appeared in the meantime, seating himself on the oak settee in the lower hall.