| 1 | Matilda | La Salle | One of Spark's clients. Aka: Tillie. |
| | Dickins | | The man who was bombed during the Blitz. |
| | Jones | | The man who was bombed during the Blitz. |
| | Frank | | The man that Tillie met. |
| | Iris | Sparks | Owner of the Right Sort of Marriage Bureau. Aka: Mary Elizabeth McTague. |
| | Gwendolyn | Bainbridge | Miss Sparks's partner. Aka: Gwen, Sophie. |
| | Alfred | Manners | One of Sparks's clients. |
| | Sydney | Collins | One of the bachelors Sparks picked for Tillie. |
| | Morris | Cannon | One of the bachelors Sparks picked for Tillie. |
| | Lady | Carolyne | Gwen's mother-in-law. Ronnie's mother. |
| | Richard | Trowers | The man Sparks and Gwen set up on a date with Tillie. Aka: Dickie. |
| | Mrs. | Corrigan | Sparks's friend. |
| | Ronnie | | Gwen's lover. |
| | Andrew | | Sparks's lover. |
| | Poppy | | Andrew's wife. |
| 2 | Ronnie | Jr. | Gwen's son. |
| | Agnes | | Ronnie Jr's babysitter. |
| | Prudence | | The Bainbridge's cook. |
| | Tom | Parkinson | Ronnie Bainbridge's bestman. |
| | George | Bascombe | Emily's husband. Sparks and Gwen's common friend. |
| | Emily | Bascombe | George's wife. Sparks and Gwen's common friend. |
| | Elizabeth | | Sparks's aunt. |
| | Philip | Parham | Detective Superintendent. |
| | Mike | Kinsey | Philip's detective sergeant. Sparks's former lover. |
| | Larkin | | Philip's constable. |
| | Harold | Bainbridge | Gwen's father-in-law. Lady Carolyne's husband. |
| | Geoffrey | | Sparks and Gwen's solicitor. |
| | Beryl | Stansfield | Mike's lover. |
| | Godfrey | | Kinsey's constable. |
| | Angus | MacPherson | The Right Sort custodian. |
| 3 | Salvatore | Danielli | Sparks and Gwen's associate. |
| 4 | Albert | | Lady Carolyne's driver. |
| | Millicent | | Lady Caroline's maid. |
| | Marilyn | | Gwen's friend. |
| | Ronald | Colman | Gwen's lover. |
| | Mrs. | Corcoran | A lady jail guard. |
| | Herbert | | Dickie's goldfish. |
| 5 | Phillip | Carter | A reporter. Aka: Gareth Fontefract. |
| | Mrs. | Dowd | Dickie's landlady. |
| 6 | Celia Maitland | Cornwall | Aloysius's wife. |
| | Aloysius | Cornwall | The man who has debt to Sparks. |
| | Percival | | The Bainbridge's butler. |
| | Elsie | | Tillie's acquaintance. |
| | Fanny | | Tillie's acquaintance. |
| | Roger | Pilcher | Tillie's former lover. |
| | Des | | Tillie's cousin. |
| 7 | Bitsy | Sedgewick | One of Sparks's clients. |
| | Jessie | Kemp | Miss Sparks's informant. |
| | Martin | Tolbert | A clothes shop owner. Tillie's boss. |
| | Lucy | | A tall woman at Tolbert's shop. |
| 8 | Becky | | One of Tillie's friends. |
| | Tom | La Salle | Tillie's uncle. |
| | Archie | | Tillie's workmate. |
| | Andy | | Des's dead wife. |
| | Essie | | Des's sister. |
| 9 | Harry | | Roger's friend. An American G.I. |
| 10 | Doctor | Milford | Lady Carolyne's doctor. |
| 12 | Tony | | The watchman. |
| 13 | James | Smalley | A bookshop owner. |
