The fact that he is in evening dress does not alter his monumental quality.

All three are on a stone balcony that relates itself to the general largeness of spirit in the group, and the semi-classic dress of the maiden.

No doubt the title is: The Morning Following the Masquerade Ball.

This group could be made in unglazed clay, in four colors.
Here is an American lieutenant with two ladies.

The three are suddenly alert over the approach of the villain, who is not yet in the picture.
In costume it is an everyday group, but those three figures are related to one another, and the trees behind them, in simple sculptural terms.
The lieutenant, as is to be expected, looks forth in fierce readiness.
One girl stands with clasped hands.