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Hin die Wakes 227
representing the wakefulness of every small com
munity to the shortcomings of its neighbors.
Christopher Hawthorne and Nathaniel Jeffcote
had begun life together as lads in the cotton mill.
But while Christopher was always a timid and
shrinking boy, Nathaniel was aggressive and am
bitious. When the play opens, Christopher,
though an old man, is still a poor weaver; Na
thaniel, on the contrary, has reached the top of fi
nancial and social success. He is the owner of the
biggest mill; is wealthy, influential, and withal a
man of power. For Nathaniel Jeffcote always
loved power and social approval. Speaking of
the motor he bought for his only son Alan, he tells
his wife:
Jeffcote. Why did I buy a motor-car? Not because
I wanted to go motoring. I hate it. I bought it so that
people could see Alan driving about in it, and say,
"
There s Jeffcote s lad in his new car. It cost five hun
dred quid."
However, Nathaniel is a
"
square man," and
when facing an emergency, not chary with jus
tice and always quick to decide in its favor.
The Jeff cotes center all their hopes on Alan,
their only child, who is to inherit their fortune and
business. Alan is engaged to Beatrice, the lovely,
sweet daughter of Sir Timothy Farrar, and all is
joyous at the Jeffcotes .
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