Characters
- Raymond d'Esquerre, a tenor.
- Caroline Noble, the protagonist.
- Howard Noble, Caroline's husband, a businessman from Wall Street.
- Heinrich, Caroline's brother, a painter. He shot himself at age twenty-six.
- Auguste, Caroline's father, a music teacher.
- Caroline's mother. She remains unnamed. She married her music teacher in Germany and they later moved to America together. She dies after her son's suicide.
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