Main Characters
- The Earl of Emsworth, the absent-minded master of Blandings
- The Hon. Galahad Threepwood, Emsworth's dashing brother
- Lady Constance Keeble, Emsworth's domineering sister
- Empress of Blandings, Emsworth's prize pig
- Alaric, Duke of Dunstable, a cantakerous peer
- Linda Gilpin, the Duke's attractive niece
- John Halliday, a barrister, godson of Gally
- Ma Balsam, Halliday's voluble landlady
- Joe Bender, proprietor of a London art gallery, Halliday's business partner
- Wilbur Trout, a much-married American millionaire
- Vanessa Polk, a charming and resourceful young girl, once engaged to Trout
- Howard Chesney, a rather suspicious visitor to the castle
- Beach, butler at the castle
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