The Appleby household
Clementine Rose Appleby	Five-year-old daughter of Lady Clarissa
Lavender	Clemmie’s teacup pig
Lady Clarissa Appleby	Clementine’s mother and owner of Penberthy House
Digby Pertwhistle	Butler at Penberthy House
Aunt Violet Appleby	Clementine’s grandfather’s sister
Pharaoh	Aunt Violet’s beloved sphynx
Friends and village folk
Margaret Mogg	Owner of the Penberthy Floss village shop
Clyde Mogg	Margaret’s husband
Claws Mogg	Margaret’s tabby cat
Father Bob	Village minister
Adrian	Father Bob’s dribbly bulldog
Pierre Rousseau	Owner of Pierre’s Patisserie in Highton Mill
Odette Rousseau	Wife of Pierre and mother of Jules and Sophie
Jules Rousseau	Seven-year-old brother of Sophie
Sophie Rousseau	Clementine’s best friend – also five years old
Mintie	Sophie’s white kitten
Poppy Bauer	Clementine’s friend who lives on the farm at Highton Hall

Hotel guests

Mr and Mrs Floyd and Zelda Sparks

Miss Becca Herring

Mr and Mrs Edward and Sandra O’Connell