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Part 1 |
| 1 | Hugh | Grange |
Protagonist. |
| | Daniel | Bookham |
Hugh's cousin. |
| | Agantha | Kent |
Hugh and Daniel's aunt. The Rye Leader. |
| | John | Kent |
Agatha's husband. A senior official in foreign office. |
| | Alex | Ramsey |
One of the England's leading surgeons. Hugh's boss. |
| | Lucy | Ramsey |
Alex's daughter. |
| | Mr. | Puddlecombe |
Hugh and Daniel's Latin teacher. |
| | Lord | Marbely |
Lady's Marbely's wife. Beatrice's aunt. |
| | Beatrice | Nash |
A schoolteacher. |
| | Harry | Wheaton |
Eleanor's brother. A colonel. |
| | Smith | |
Agatha's chauffeur. |
| 2 | Craigmore | |
Lord North's son. A viscount. |
| | Jenny | |
Agatha's maid. |
| 3 | Cook | |
Agatha's servant. |
| | Henry | VIII |
The King of England. |
| | Mrs. | Rogers |
A French Chef. |
| | Dr. | Lawton |
Hugh's companion. |
| | Mrs. | Turber |
Beatrice's landlady. |
| | Mrs. | Smith |
The chauffeur's wife. |
| | Emily | Wheaton |
Harry and Eleanor's mother. Aka: Lady Emily. |
| 4 | Mr. | Tillingham |
An American author. |
| | Jack | Heathly |
The son of a local shepherd. |
| | Samuel | Heathly |
Jack's brother. |
| | Richmund Edmund | Sidley |
One of Beatrice's students. Aka: Snout, Dickie. |
| | Colonel | Wheaton |
Lady Emily's husband. Eleanor and Barry's father. |
| | Arty | Pike |
The Town's ironmongers. |
| | Joshua | Nash |
Beatrice's father. |
| | Bettina | Fothergill |
The Town's mayoress. |
| | Headmaster | |
The school principal. |
| 5 | Abigail | |
Mrs. Turber's housemaid. |
| | Mr. | Dobbins |
A mathematics's teacher. |
| | Mr. | Dimbly |
A gymnast teacher. |
| | Miss | Clauvert |
A French teacher. |
| | Miss | Devon |
An English, sewing, and history teacher. |
| | Charles | Poot |
Mrs. Fothergill's nephew. |
| | Eleanor | Wheaton |
Col. Wheaton's wife. |
| | Gerta | |
Eleanor's nanny. |
| | Liesl | |
Eleanor's maid. |
| 6 | Old | Jones |
A landlord. |
| | Mr. | Satchell |
The ship owner. |
| | Arnold | Pike |
Arty Pike's uncle. |
| | Cedric | Pike |
Arnold's older brother. |
| | Bowen | |
A farmer. |
| 7 | Mr. | Caraway |
Joshua's book publisher. |
| | Maria | Stokes |
A doctor. |
| | Richard | Sidley |
A bicycle repair shop owner. Snout's father. |
| 8 | Carruthers | |
One of Alex Ramsey's assistants. |
| | Michael | |
One of Alex Ramsey's assistants. |
| 9 | Mr. | Samuel |
A wine seller. |
| | Minnie | Buttles |
The vicar's daughter. |
| | Alice | Finch |
Minnie's friend. |
| | Mr. | Devere |
The local butcher. |
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Part 2 |
| 10 | Celeste | Fontaine |
The Belgian princess. |
| | Mr. | Fontaine |
Celeste's father. |
| | Mrs. | Saunders |
A housecleaner. |
| 12 | Lord | North |
The earl. Craigmore's father. |
| 13 | King | Canute |
The town's king. |
| 14 | Major | Frank |
The director in charge in the hospital. |
| | Otto | |
Eleanor's husband. |
| | Queen | Elizabeth |
The Queen of England. |
| | Walter | Raleigh |
An English statesman. |
| 15 | Algernon | Frith |
Mr. Tillingham's friend. A writer. |
| | Amberleigh | Frith |
Mr. Tillingham's wife. Aka: A.A. De Witte. |
| | Frederick | Fothergill |
The Rye's mayor. |
| | Lady | North |
The earl's wife. |
| 16 | Coleridge | |
An English poet. |
| | Joy | Charter |
Craigmore's fiancé. |
| | Tubby | Archer |
Daniel's friend. |
| | Bill | Longshanks |
A poet from Pimlico. |
| 17 | Johnny | |
A painter. |
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Part 3 |
| 20 | Ernie | Phillips |
A German soldier. |
| | Arthur | Day |
A German soldier. |
| 23 | Lancelot Chalfont | North |
Only son of Earl North. Daniel's friend. Aka: Viscount Craigmore. |
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Part 4 |
| 28 | Bill | |
Hugh's driver. |
| | Archie | |
Hugh's colleague. |
| | Wolfie | |
Snout's dog. |
