Person

BARREN CORN

Nicknames

Family

Description

NORMAN ACRE

PASTEL

Childhood friend of Frances and Evelyn Stornaway [Ch.1] who likes Frances; twenty-six, and has wanted to marry Frances since he was twenty-three; a ìsilent young man, hard to ruffle. He ahd an air of security, and looked upon his world out of serious grey eyes; sufficient in himself he cared nothing for the comments of Meldon,î ìphlegmatic, stolidî yet appears to Frances as ìdullî [Ch.1;3]; went to Winchester [Ch.7]; junior partner in a stockbrockerís office where his father is a senior partner [Ch.5]

MRS. ACRE

PASTEL

Mother of Norman Acre, old friend of Mrs. Stornaway [Ch.1]

MISS BEATRICE ANDERLEY

PASTEL

Friend of Lady Twyfordís; part of a house party at Lady Twyfordís country house, Blessings. Described by Oliver Fayre as ìmassive and forty and drops her gísî [Ch.3; 20], a ìtall woman with a stock-collar and a coat rather like a manísî who smokes cigarettes from a long holder [Ch.3; 22-23]

THE ANDERSONS

PASTEL

Acquaintances of Evelyn Stornaway [Ch.5]

JOHN ANSON

PASTEL

Author of the avant-garde play that Evelyn and Frances see with Pamela Gray [Ch.20]

ZOE BANKS

PASTEL

Understudy for Alice Martin in the avant-garde London play Evelyn and Frances see with Pamela Gray [Ch.20]

MR. BEALBY

PASTEL

Acquaintance of the Stornaways [Ch.1]

BENJY

PASTEL

An Aberdeen who gets into a fight with Nibs, Frances Stornawayís dog [Ch.25]

DR BENTLEY

PASTEL

Frances Stornawayís doctor [Ch.25]

BRENT

PASTEL

Chauffeur of Lady Twyford, Francesí Aunt Mary, at Blessings [Ch.3]

BRIGGS

PASTEL

Chauffeur of the Gregsons. [Ch.11]

LADY BROWNLOW

PASTEL

Acquaintance of the Stornaways [Ch.1]

GEORGE CREWE

PASTEL

An avant-garde actor in a London play Evelyn and Frances see with Pamela Gray [Ch.20]

MRS. DANGERFIELD

PASTEL

Organizer of the Hospital Bazaar and Fete in Meldon, where the Stornaways live [Ch.11]

MRS CONNIE DAVENTRY

PASTEL

Recently married to Peter Daventry; friend of Lady Twyford; she and her husband are part of a house party at Lady Twyfordís country house, Blessings. [Ch.3]

MR PETER DAVENTRY

PASTEL

Recently married to Connie Daventry; friend of Lady Twyford; he and his wife are part of a house party at Lady Twyfordís country house, Blessings. [Ch.3]

THE DENTONS

PASTEL

A family that lives next-door to Mrs. Inch and a distant neighbor of the Stornaways; described by Frances Stornaway as ìan enormous woman with yellow hair, with the little husband who looks so haggard, and two awful kidsî [Ch.5; 39]

MISS ALTHEA DOVE

PASTEL

One of ìMeldonís Clever Women,î she reviews books for ìa weekly periodicalî and paints ìlampshades in cubist designs on a parchment ground. Her mild name belied herî; ìtall and angular,î wears ìflat heels and a monocle, and spoke with a curt trenchancyî [Ch.1; 5]

FALKINER

PASTEL

Butler of longstanding for the Twyfords at their country house, Blessings. [Ch.3]

ANNE FARRADAY (nee Fayre)

PASTEL

Younger daughter of Sir Samuel and Lady Fayre; married, and in India with her husband and two year old son until her return to England for her health [Ch.9, Ch.22]; ìfair and blue-eyed, with a sparkling nature, and an attractive smileî [Ch.22; 235]

MR FARRADAY

PASTEL

Married to Anne Farrady (nee Fayre); was in India, but returned; ìa large, pleasant person with a ready laugh. He liked listening to other peopleís conversationî [Ch.26; 297]

MAJOR RICHARD FAWCETT (ìDickî)

PASTEL

Friend of Lady Twyford; part of a house party at Lady Twyfordís country house, Blessings [Ch.3]

LADY FAYRE (Agnes)

PASTEL

Mother of Oliver Fayre and a childhood acquaintance of Lady Twyford [Ch.3]

BERTRAM FAYRE

PASTEL

Son of Gilbert Fayre and Mrs. Gilbert Fayre [Ch.9]

GILBERT FAYRE

PASTEL

Brother of Sir Samuel Fayre; ìjocular in a heavy fashionî; married, with one son, Bertram Fayre [Ch.9; 84]

MRS. GILBERT FAYRE

PASTEL

Wife of Gilbert Fayre; mother of Bertram Fayre; has ìincredible copper hair, and only talked with animation when the subject turned on Bridgeî [Ch.9; 84]

OLIVER FAYRE

PASTEL

Young friend of Lady Twyford, and later of Frances Stornaway and Evelyn Stornaway; has blue eyes, golden hair, and strong white teeth, and ìa classic shapeî; appears like a ìhero from Asgardî to Frances Stornaway, when he meets her train at St. Albans to take her to Lady Twyfordís house, but soon attracted to Frances sister, Evelyn. [Ch.3; 17-18]; went to Winchester [Ch.7], then Oxford [Ch.4] and now at the Bar; has two sisters, both married [Ch.3]; seems like ìthe men one read of in books and never seem to meet in real hum-drum lifeî [Ch.3; 26]; likes hunting and sports but also part of the artistic circles of London [Ch.4]

SIR SAMUEL FAYRE

PASTEL

Husband of Lady Fayre, and father of Oliver Fayre and Agnes

LADY ARTHUR FONT

PASTEL

Friend of Lottie Vandemering, who owns and produces a theatre company in London [Ch.20]

MRS FORD

PASTEL

Cook-general employed by Frances and her husband after Rose resigns [Ch.26]

MISS GALERTY

PASTEL

Evelyn Stornawayís elocution teacher [Ch.1]

PAMELA GRAY

PASTEL

Friend of Evelyn Stornawayís in London [Ch.20]

AGNES GREGSON (nee Fayre)

PASTEL

Eldest daughter of Sir Samuel Fayre and Lady Fayre; sister of Oliver Fayre; married seven years to Malcolm Gregson with three children [Ch.9]

MALCOLM GREGSON

PASTEL

Husband of Anges Gregson (nee Fayre), married seven years with three children; ìa silent man of no more than passable features who contrived to look sulky in any circumstancesî [Ch.9; 84]

MICHAEL GREGSON

PASTEL

The eldest of the Gregsonsí three children [Ch.9; Ch.10]

JOHN HARDING

PASTEL

Childhood friend of Anne Farraday (nee Fayre) and friend of Lady Tywford; thirty years old; part of a house party at Lady Twyfordís country house, Blessings. [Ch.3]

COLONEL HARPINGTON

PASTEL

Friend of the Stornaways, with a ìbluffî voice [Ch.1; 1]

MR HERIOT

PASTEL

Husband of Mrs. Heriot; acquaintance of the Stornaways [Ch.1]

MRS HERIOT

PASTEL

Wife of Mr. Heriot; acquaintance of the Stornaways [Ch.1]

GERVASE HIGGINS

PASTEL

An avant-garde artistic designer [Ch.20]

MRS. INCH

PASTEL

New neighbor of the Stornaways, at Donmore on Fairfield Road in Meldon [Ch.5]; a proponent of the ìNew Thoughtî [Ch.5]

JARVIS

PASTEL

A groom of Sir James and Lady Twyford at Blessings [Ch.24]

MISS JENKINS

PASTEL

A seamstress for the Stornaways [Ch.5]

JENNINGS

PASTEL

Butler found by Lady Fayre for her son and his wife [Ch.11; 106], who has ìan imposing frontî; married to Mrs. Jennings, the cook

MRS JENNINGS

PASTEL

Cook found by Lady Fayre for her son and his wife [Ch.11; 106], who could ìcook all manner of delicate kickshawsî; married to Jennings.

JOHN

PASTEL

Plays Orlando to Evelynís Rosalind in the Meldon Arts Society production of As You Like It [Ch.1]

UNCLE JOHN

PASTEL

Uncle to the Stornaways [Ch.10]

BASIL KENT

PASTEL

Friend of Evelyn Stornaway [Ch.2; Ch.4]

BERYL MARSH

PASTEL

An avant-garde actress in a London play Evelyn and Frances see with Pamela Gray [Ch.20]

ALICE MARTIN

PASTEL

An avant-garde actress in a London play Evelyn and Frances see with Pamela Gray [Ch.20]

GEOFFREY MILDMAY

PASTEL

Friend of Oliver Fayre in London [Ch.7]

MRS. MINTY

PASTEL

An acquaintance of Mrs. Stornaway; ìan effusive lady in mauve satin and a quantity of gold banglesî [Ch.1; 2]

MISS MITTON

PASTEL

Friend of Mrs. Stornaway [Ch.1]

NIBS

PASTEL

A Sealyham, Frances Stornawayís dog [Ch.28]

PARKS

PASTEL

Butler for the Stornaways at the house, Bray Lodge, in Meldon [Ch.5]

MR LIONEL PASSEY

PASTEL

Husband of Mrs. Passey, friend of Lady Twyford; he and his wife are part of a house party at Lady Twyfordís country house, Blessings [Ch.3]

MRS ELEANOR PASSEY

PASTEL

Husband of Mrs. Passey, old schoolfriend of Lady Twyford; she and her husband are part of a house party at Lady Twyfordís country house, Blessings [Ch.3]; described as ìa thin woman with hollow cheeks, over-red lips, and large hungry eyesî [Ch.3; 21]

PEROXIDE

PASTEL

An assistant in the London Registry Office whom Frances Stornaway meets when hiring a cook-general for her and her husband; ìa capable looking young woman in a blue serge coat and skirt, and a low-necked silk jumperî who wears ìher hair very much waved and peroxided,î hence the name privately bestowed on her by Frances [Ch.25]

MRS. PETERS

PASTEL

Charwoman for the flat in South Kensington which Frances Stornaway and her husband rent [Ch.27]

UNCLE PHILIP

PASTEL

Uncle to the Stornaways [Ch.10]

BERTIE PRIDE

PASTEL

President of an art society to which Evelyn and Oliver Fayre belong [Ch.27]

ROSE

PASTEL

Maid and cook found by Mrs. Stornaway for her daughter Frances and her husband [Ch.26]

EVELYN STORNAWAY

PASTEL

Younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stornaway [Ch.1], sister of Frances; 22 years old [Ch.2; 10]; ìelfinî in demeanor [Ch.1; 5], like a ìbird with bright plummage, flittingî [Ch.2; 10]; ìsleek and orderlyî dark hair, which ìclung close-cropped to her little well-shaped headî [Ch.1; 8], and brown eyes [Ch.6]; her ìshort skirtsî and her ì Eton crop; her cigarettes, and her frequent oathsî mark as a Modern girl, but only so in appearance [Ch.2; 10]; ìshe loved life, and she wanted to wrench all the fun possible out of itî [Ch.2;10]; much sought after by all the men she encounters, including Oliver Fayre, a friend of Francesís.

FRANCES STORNAWAY (ìFrancieî)

PASTEL

Elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stornaway [Ch.1], older sister to Evelyn; 24 years old [Ch.1;3], with hazel eyes and straight brows and curly, ìshingledî hair [Ch.1; 4, 8; Ch.3; 22], ìa pale editionî of her younger sister [Ch.2; 13]; sought after by Norman for the past three years, yet she finds him ìdullî [Ch.1;3]; Frances ìin some ways, was modern too: a shadow of Evelynî; has ìa sound head on her shouldersî and ìvery capableî [Ch.2; 10]; admires Evelyn, yet also wants to be as popular and ìpositiveî as Evelyn, too [Ch.2; 13]

MRS. MARGARET STORNAWAY

PASTEL

Wife of Mr. Stornaway, mother of Frances Stornaway and Evelyn Stornaway

MR. VICTOR STORNAWAY

PASTEL

Husband of Margaret Stornaway, father of Frances Stornaway and Evelyn Stornaway [Ch.1]

SUSAN

PASTEL

A black cocker-spaniel, Sir James Twyfordís dog [Ch.22]

SIR JAMES TWYFORD

PASTEL

Husband of Lady Twyford; lives at Blessings in Hertfordshire, near St. Albans [Ch.3]; a ìcharming blundererî in his wifeís eyes [Ch.4; 29]

LADY TWYFORD (Mary)

PASTEL

Wife of Sir James Twyford; Francesís godmother, whom Frances calls ìAunt Maryî [Ch.2]; lives at Blessings, in Hertfordshire, near St. Albans [Ch.3], a place of happy childhood memories for Frances; ìa pretty woman with greying hair and many soft curves,î wears a certain ìheavy scentî and ìlong trailing frocksî [Ch.3; 20] and fifty years of age [Ch.4; 28]

LOTTIE VANDEMERING

PASTEL

Owns and directs a theatre company in London [Ch.20]

AUDREY VERNEY

PASTEL

Friend of Evelyn Stornaway [Ch.5]