Other Characters
Mother Elena- An elderly gypsy woman who is insane after the kidnapping and murder of her daughter, Carolina, by Mary Dowd and Sarah Rees-Toome.
John Doyle- Gemma's father and Virginia Doyle's husband. After Virginia's death, he is so bereaved he develops an addiction to laudanum. Gemma tries to make the pain go away, but then he becomes addicted to opium. At the end of The Sweet Far Thing he is diagnosed with tuberculosis and moves back to India, where he lived in the beginning of A Great and Terrible Beauty.
Thomas Henry Doyle- Gemma's older brother, also known as Tom, hopes to marry a proper, wealthy woman. Upon hearing that Ann is really a wealthy heiress in Rebel Angels, he pursues her until the truth about Ann's situation is revealed. He is recruited by the Rakshana in order to get to Gemma. Materialistic and proper, Tom does not have a good relationship with Gemma in A Great and Terrible Beauty and Rebel Angels, though this changes when he learns more about her in The Sweet Far Thing.
Eleanor "Nell" Hawkins- An "insane" girl with delusions about the Order. Gemma discovers (through visions with three girls) that the three girls were to be Miss Moore's second attempt at a sacrifice, which still wasn't adequate. She did not want to sacrifice Nell Hawkins, as she became attached to her. Nell is forced into insanity in an attempt to block her mind from "the thing." Gemma kills Nell after Miss Moore attempts to sacrifice her once more, thus making her useless.
Theodore van Ripple (aka Robert Sharpe): An illusionist and thief who was great friends with Mina Wyatt, his former assistant. He is in possession of a slate used by Miss Wyatt that later is a clue in The Sweet Far Thing to the mystery of Eugenia Spence.
Lily Trimble: A famous American actress, who soon turns out to be Jewish and must hide that identity to avoid social disapproval. Lily is considered a beauty and Ann looks up to her. Ann, Felicity, and Gemma meet Lily twice - once after a performance of Macbeth in the third novel (to which Ann attended under the name Nan Washbrad) and again at Ann's audition for Mr Katz.
Charlie Smalls: A charming American pianist at the theatre in which Ann auditions for in disguise, in which Charlie takes a fancy to her and begins flirting with her. However, when Ann finally decides to audition as herself, he's willing to give her a chance and admires how she is bold enough to sing for him in the middle of the streets.
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