Characters
- Charles Hayward, fiancé to Sophia Leonides, narrator
- Sophia Leonides, daughter of Magda and Philip Leonides, grand-daughter of Aristide
- Brenda Leonides, spoiled much young widow of Aristide Leonides
- Magda West, "drama queen" stage actress
- Edith de Haviland, Sophia's elderly great-aunt, sister of first wife
- Roger Leonides, son of Aristide
- Clemency Leonides, his wife, a scientist
- Philip Leonides, Magda's husband and Roger's brother
- Laurence Brown, teacher to Josephine and Eustace
- Josephine Leonides, Magda's 12-year-old daughter
- Eustace Leonides, her older brother
- Janet "Nannie" Rowe, nanny to Leonides children
- Chief Inspector Taverner, Scotland Yard inspector assigned,
- "The Old Man", Assistant Commisssioner of Scotland Yard, father of Charles
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