Julio Eusebio | Camarillo | The doctor Noemi asked for help. |
Dr. | Corona | Julio's acquaintance. |
Arthur | Cummins | The Doyles's doctor. |
Alexandra | David-Neel | An author. |
Alice | Doyle | Howard's 2nd wife. Agnes's little sister. |
Florence | Doyle | Howard's niece. Francis's mother. |
Francis | Doyle | Virgil's cousin. |
Howard | Doyle | Virgil's father. |
Virgil | Doyle | Catalina's husband. |
Hugo | Duarte | Noemi's lover. |
Marta | Duval | The local healer. |
Pedro | Infante | A Mexican singer. |
Kublai | Khan | A character in one of Catalina's stories. |
Laura | Quezada | Noemi's rival in the costume contest. |
Horacio | Quiroga | An author. |
J.B. | Rhine | A Duke professor who's studying parapsychology. |
Miss | Ruth | Howard's daughter. |
Catalina | Taboada | Noemi's cousin. |
Leocadio | Taboada | Noemi's father. |
Noemi | Taboada | A young socialite. Protagonist. |
Agnes | | Francis's great-aunt. Deceased. |
Aurelio | | A miner. The strike leader. |
Benito | | Aurelio's nephew. Ruth's lover. |
Brigida | | Noemi's aunt. |
Charles | | One of Doyle's staff members. |
Dorothy | | Francis's grandmother. |
Leland | | Francis's grandfather. Howard's brother. |
Lizzie | | One of the maids. |
Mary | | One of Doyle's servants. |
Michael | | Ruth's cousin and fiancé. |
Richard | | Florence's husband. |
Vasoncelos | | Noemi's countrymen. |