| 1 | Frances | Price | Protagonist. Aka: Franny. |
| | Rose | Wynn | Frances's daughter. |
| | Mrs. | Thompson | Frances's housekeeper. |
| | Hetty | Chesney | Frances's aunt. |
| | Lily | Price | Frances's sister. |
| | Reggie | Wynn | Frances's dead husband. |
| | Leo | Kendrick | Lily's
fiancé. |
| | Patricia | Kendrick | Leo's mother. |
| | Eliza | Durant | Leo's sister. |
| | Graham | Wynn | The current Earl of Harleigh. Frances's brother-in-law. |
| | George | Hazelton | Frances's lover. |
| | Earl | Of Hartfield | Hazelton's brother. |
| | Fiona | Nash | George's sister. Frances's best friend. |
| | Robert | Nash | Fiona's husband. |
| 2 | Daisy | Price | Frances and Lily's mother. Aka: Marguerite. |
| | Alonzo | | Frances and Lily's brother. |
| | Ernest | Treadwell | Leo's best man. |
| | Arthur | Durant | Eliza's husband. |
| | Clara | Kendrick | Leo's sister. |
| | Anne | Kendrick | Leo's sister. |
| | Bridget | | Frances's maid. |
| 3 | Mrs. | Ansel | Hartfield's housekeeper. |
| | Lottie | Evingdon | Lily's friend. |
| | Charles | Evingdon | Reggie's cousin. Lottie's husband. |
| 4 | Mr. | Gibbs | The man who accidentally fell from his horse. |
| | John | Winnie | Mr. Gibbs's assistant. |
| | Tuttle | | A gamekeeper. |
| 5 | Paloma | | One of George's houses. |
| | Percy | Bradmore | Lady Esther's great nephew. |
| | Lady | Esther | Hartfield's neighbor. |
| 6 | Crocker | | The Hartfield's butler. |
| | Mrs. | Humphries | The Hartfield's cook. |
| | Michael | O'Brien | One of Hartfield's footmen. Murdered. |
| | Dr. | Woodrow | Michael's examiner. |
| | Peter | | The Hartfield's under-butler. |
| | Ben | | One of Hartfield's footmen. |
| 7 | Mr. | Easton | Hazelton's neighbor. |
| | Mrs. | Easton | Mr. Easton's husband. Fiona's acquaintance. |
| | Mrs. | Carruthers | The vicar's wife. |
| 8 | William | Stafford | One of Hartfield's neighbors. |
| 9 | Hancock | | George's veterinarian. |
| 10 | Emma | | Daisy's maid. |
| 12 | Fisk | | A police sergeant. |
| 13 | Jonesy | | Fiona's maid. |
| 17 | Cora | | Eliza's maid. |
| 18 | Bracken | | A criminal. The man who threatened Hazelton. |
| 19 | Jamie | | Bracken's son. |
| 21 | Hector | | A horse. |
