Principal Characters
- Rodney Savage – captain in an infantry regiment
- Caroline Langford – Savage's new love
- Sumitra Devi, Rani of Kishanpur – regent of a semi-independent state (loosely based on Rani Lakshmibai)
- "The Silver Guru"; revered ascetic holy man (revealed at the end as an Irish deserter from the army who is a leper)
- Risaldar Rikirao Purohit, a veteran Indian officer leading the cavalry charge
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