Alexandre Raoul’s co-worker
Beller John’s valet
Bitty Chestnut horse John rides
Desmond Wickes Louise’s late husband
Earl Badgely John’s father
Edwin Strong Africa reporter
Father Maurice Raoul’s mentor/abuser
Gabriel Raoul’s co-worker
Georges Morvan Secretary at the French embassy
Gervase Quinn Magnus’s Eton friend, now at the Foreign Office
Hetherington estate manager at Shorecliff
Hugo Malherbe Raoul’s co-worker
Jacob Lee drives a carriage from the railway station
John Prescott Lord Therkenwell, Earl’s son, essayist
Lady Tregavethan Hostess of the ball
Lizzie (Lady Elizabeth Seales) John’s sister, 15
Louise Wickes Dressmaker’s model
Luella Tyne (Lady) Country neighbor
Madame Swaebe Dressmaker, employer of Louise
Magnus Dawson (Lord) Gentleman partner of Toby Marsh
Maisie Housekeeper at Shorecliff House
Mrs. Fields Tenant wife and cheesemaker
Mrs. Hampden Cook at Shorecliff
Osbert Carriage driver at Shorecliff House
Otto Flirt at the Austrian embassy party
Parker, Miss Sylvia Cooke’s companion
Ranulph Tyne (Lord) Country neighbor
Raoul Desjardins Assistant secretary at the French Embassy
Richard Pemberton Barrister
Samson The earl’s elderly butler
Samuel Steingrob Wine merchant
Shoemaker French desk of the Foreign Office
Sid wine shop boy
Silas Warner Raoul’s friend, law clerk
Sylvia Cooke, Honorable Childhood friend of Magnus’s
Toby Marsh Tutor, translator, Foreign Office operative
Vanessa Seales (Lady) John’s sister, 17
William Marley the heir after John, son of the earl’s first cousin