1 | | | Oronsay - the
second Orient Line ship built after WW II. |
2 | | | Departure |
| Flavia | Prins | Mynah's family friend. |
3 | | | Cat's Table - the least privileged place. |
| Perinetta | Lasqueti | A lady at the cat's table. |
| Ramadhin | | One of Mynah's friends on the Oronsay. |
| Cassius | | One of Mynah's friends on the Oronsay. |
| Max | Mazappa | A pianist. Aka: Sunny Meadows. |
| Mr. | Nevil | Retired ship dismantler. |
| Emily | de Saram | Mynah's distant cousin. |
| Mr. | Wijebahu | Emily's boss. |
| Father | Barnabus | Junior school master. |
6 | Mr. | Hastie | Head Kennel Keeper |
| Mr. | Invernio | Hastie's assistant. |
| Mr. | Tolroy | One of Hastie's gambling buddies. |
| Mr. | Babstock | One of Hastie's gambling buddies. |
7 | Michael | | A boy travelling to England to meet his mother. Aka: Mynah. |
| Massoumeh | | Ramadhin's sister. Aka Massi. |
12 | | | Cassius |
| Socrates | Gunewardena | Mynah's family pediatrician. |
| Senaka | | Mynah's friend in school. |
13 | | | The Hold |
| Larry | Daniels | A botanist. |
14 | | | The Turbine Room |
| Sunil | | The Hyderabad Mind. |
15 | Narayan | | Mynah's friend. |
| Gunepala | | A cook, Mynah's friend. |
| Mr. | Fonseka | Travelling to England to be a teacher. |
17 | | | A Spell |
| Hector | de Silva | Philanthropist. |
| | | Muttaraballa - urinating dog. |
19 | | | Miss Lasqueti |
| Mr. | Gunesekera | A tailor. |
20 | | | The Girl |
| Asuntha | | A deaf girl. |
22 | | | Thievery |
| Baron | C. | A thief. |
24 | Mr. | Peters | A rogue sailor. |
| Delia | | Hector's wife. |
| Miss | Quinn-Cardiff | One of the passengers on the Oronsay. |
| Mr. | Berridge | One of the passengers on the Oronsay. |
31 | Niemeyer | | The prisoner aboard the Oronsay. |
35 | | | Ramadhin's Heart |
| Mrs. | R. | Massi's mother. |
| Heather | Cave | Ramadhin's girl. |
36 | Rajiva | | Heather's boyfriend. |
39 | | | Two Violets |
| Violet | Coomaraswamy | One of Flavia's friends. |
| Violet | Grenier | One of Flavia's friends. |
40 | | | Two Hearts |
| Anabella | Figueroa | Hastie's wife. |
44 | | | Asuntha |
| Pacipia | | Asuntha's aunt. |
45 | | | The Mediterranean |
| Lucius | Perera | Senior officer in the Colombo police force. |
46 | | | Mr. Giggs |
| Mr. | Giggs | A high-level army officer. |
53 | | | Miss Lasqueti: A 2nd Portrait
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| Juliusz | Grusza | Polish war hero. |
| Desmond | | Emily's husband. |
| Horace | Johnson | Perinetta's employer. |
| Rose | Johnson | Horace's wife. |
| Clive | | Horace and Rose's son. |