| Pro | Vega | Gull | A blue peacock with silver wings. |
| | Jim | Mollison | A pilot. |
| | John | Carberry | Maia's husband. Aka: JC. |
| | Maia | Carberry | JC's wife. |
| | | | Part 1 |
| | Clara | Clutterbuck | Beryl's mother. |
| | Charles | Clutterbuck | Beryl's father. Aka: Clutt. |
| | Florence | Delamere | Beryl's white neighbor. The daughter of the Earl of Ennskillen. Aka: Lady D. |
| | Lord | Delamere | Lady Delamere's husband. Aka: D. |
| | Beryl | Clutterbuck | Narrator and Protagonist. Aka: Lakwet, Beru. |
| | Dickie | Clutterbuck | Beryl's older brother. |
| 2 | Kibii | | Beryl's friend. |
| 3 | Wee | MacGregor | Charles's friend. |
| | Balmy | | Charles's hack. |
| | Coquette | | A pale gold
palomino. |
| | Emma | Orchardson | The Clutterbuck's housekeeper. Aka: Mrs. O. |
| | Buller | | Beryl's dog. |
| 5 | Miss | Le May | Beryl's governess. |
| | Jim | Elkington | Charles's friend. |
| | Bishton | Singh | The Clutterbuck's
Sikh groom. |
| | Paddy | | Jim's lion. |
| 6 | Mrs. | Elkington | Jim's wife. |
| 7 | Kaiser | Wilhelm | A Roman Emperor. |
| | Doris | Walterman | Beryl's bunkmate. Aka: Dos. |
| | Mr. | Orchardson | An Anthropologist. Mrs. O's husband. |
| | | | Part 2 |
| 9 | Toombo | | The groom. |
| | Pegasus | | Beryl's horse. |
| | Apollo | | Coquette's mule. |
| 10 | Jock | Purves | A good deal cleaner. Beryl's husband. |
| | Denys | Finch-Hatton | Beryl's lover. Aka: Bedar. |
| | Berkeley | Cole | Charle's
acquaintance. |
| 11 | Kamotho | | The houseboy. |
| 12 | Ruta | | Beryl's childhood friend. |
| | Captain | Lavender | Jock's friend. |
| 14 | Dr. | William | Jock's father. |
| | Ogden | | Jock's uncle. |
| 18 | Boy | Long | D's ranch manager. Beryl's lover. Aka: Casmere. |
| | Barasa | | Beryl and Jock's houseboy. |
| | Walters | | A jockey. |
| 19 | Cockie | Birkbeck | The woman that Beryl met. |
| | Bror | Blixen | Karen's former husband. Cockie's lover. Aka: Blix, Tanne. |
| | Dr. | Turvy | Blix's imaginary physician. |
| 20 | Ben | Birkbeck | Cockie's husband. |
| 21 | Robert | Coryndon | The new Governor. |
| | Soldier | | A dark bay. |
| 23 | Harry | Kirkpatrick | A captain. Clara's lover. |
| 25 | | | Mbogani - Karen's farm. |
| 26 | Kamante | | Karen's cook. |
| | Alex | Kirkpatrick | Clara and Harry's son. |
| | Ivan | Kirkpatrick | Clara and Harry's son. |
| 27 | Minerva | | Karen's little owl. |
| 28 | Ginger | Mayer | Ben's lover. |
| | George | C. Luck | A wealthy man. Owner of a top-notch horse farm. |
| | Viola | C. Luck | George's wife. |
| 30 | | | Kekopey - An estate owned by Galbraith Cole. |
| | Galbraith | Cole | Berkeley's brother. |
| | Nell | Cole | Galbraith's wife. |
| 32 | Genesse | Long | Boy's wife. |
| 34 | Frank | Greswolde | Cockie's old friend. |
| | | | Part 3 |
| 36 | Idina | | Joss's wife. Frank's renter. |
| | Joss | | Idina's husband. |
| | Honor | Gordon | Idina's friend. |
| | Charles | Gordon | Honor's wife. |
| 37 | Gerry | Alexander | Cockie's cousin. |
| | Jebbta | | The woman that Beryl met. |
| | Tom | C. Black | Gerry's partner. |
| | The | Baron | Gerry's young bay stud. |
| 41 | Wrack | | A racehorse. |
| | Ogilvie | | Wrack's owner. |
| 42 | Eric | Gooch | A horse owner. |
| | Wise | Child | A racehorse. |
| | Sonny | | Ruta's colleague. |
| | Charles | Markham | Ginger's friend and neighbor. |
| | Mansfield | Markham | Charles's brother. Beryl's 2nd husband. |
| | Colonel | O'Hea | Mansfield's step-father. |
| | Mrs. | O'Hea | Mansfield and Charles's mother. |
| | Messenger | Boy | A big stallion. |
| | Fifinella | | Messenger Boy's dame. |
| | Hurry | On | Fifinella's father. |
| | Fred | Darling | Messenger Boy's trainer. |
| 49 | | | Melela - Beryl's farm. |
| | Dudley | Cowie | Maia's flying student. |
| | Mervyn | Cowie | Dudley's brother. |
| | Juanita | Carberry | Maia's daughter. |
| | Edward | | Prince of Wales. |
| | Henry | | Duke of Gloucester. Edward's brother. |
| 51 | Edward | Grigg | The new Governor. |
| | Coco | Chanel | Business magnate. |
| 52 | Gervasse | | Beryl's child. |
