Characters
- Tumtum (Mr Nutmouse) - A rotund mouse, owner of Nutmouse Hall.
- Nutmeg (Mrs Nutmouse) - Wife of Tumtum, Nutmeg secretly takes care of the Mildew children who think of her as a "Fairy of Sorts".
- Walter Mildew - Owner of Rose Cottage. An inventor fallen on hard times.
- Arthur and Lucy Mildew - The Mildew children who sleep in the attic and are secretly cared for by Tumtum and Nutmeg.
- Aunt Ivy - Mr Mildew's sister-in-law. A nasty, vindictive and overbearing woman who comes to stay with the Mildews. Ivy is terrified of mice.
- General Marchmouse - An officious though good-hearted recently retired officer of the mouse army.
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