Mrs. Richard
The foreigner bids her to have a sack bearing “gold coin weighing a hundred and sixty pounds four ounces.” She exhibits greed when she yearns to unduly retain the money.
The Foreigner (Howard L. Stephenson)
He taints the town by introducing alluring money which is typified by the ‘gold sack.’
Mr. Richards
He and Mary conspire to retain the money which the foreigner had asserted should be relayed to the right man, who had bailed him when he was poor.
Jack Halliday
He discerns the changes which follow in the town after the introduction of the sack. Some of the changes allude to the residents’ materialistic mind-set.
Mr. Burgess
He oversees the ‘public inquiry’ of authenticating the couple who merit the ‘gold-sack.’
