Characters
- Professor Lucius Wilson, a Professor of Philosophy. He was a student in Boston and now lectures in a Western university.
- Mrs Winifred Alexander
- Mr Bartley Alexander, a bridge builder.
- Thomas, the Alexanders's servant.
- MacKeller, a Scottish engineer who brought Bartley from London to Quebec when he was younger. He was a friend of Eleanor Pemberton.
- Mrs Eleanor Pemberton, Winifred's aunt.
- Maurice Mainhall, a popular man amongst writers.
- Hugh MacConnell, a playwright.
- Florence Merrill
- Cyril Henderson
- Hilda Burgoyne, Bartley's erstwhile lover with whom he resumes an affair. She is an actress.
- Irene Burgoyne, a member of Hilda's family.
- Sir Harry Towne
- Lord Westmere
- Lady Dowle
- Lady Westmere
- Lady Warford
- Lady Kildare, an Irish philanthropist.
- Robert Owen, Lady Kildare's nephew.
- Sarah Frost, a novelist.
- Mr Frost, Sarah Frost's husband.
- Marie, a French girl.
- Madame Anger
- Angel, Madame Anger's servant, who was from Britanny and eventually left to start affairs with soldiers.
- Mrs Hastings
- Angora
- Philip Horton. He works on bridges with Bartley.
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