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Arkholmes

SYLVESTER, OR THE WICKED UNCLE

Mentioned in passing as neighbors near Chance whom Lady Henry Rayne wishes to visit with her son, Edmund.

*Alvanley, Lord

SYLVESTER

Mentioned in passing as one who could not match Lord Marlow for intrepidity whilst hunting.

Anna

SYLVESTER

Maid to the Duchess of Salford

Ashford, Mr.

SYLVESTER

A friend of the Duke of Salford's. He appears in one scene, riding with the Duke in Hyde Park on the morning that the Duke meets Phoebe Marlow riding with her Ingham cousins.

Barningham, Miss Caroline

SYLVESTER

One of the five women the Duke of Salford names to his mother as a potential bride for himself. She is described by the Duke as having a great deal of vivacity.

Barningham, Lady

SYLVESTER

Mother to Miss Caroline Barningham, and the hostess of a dance in London attended by the Duke of Salford.

Battery, Miss Sibylla

SYLVESTER

A.K.A. "Sibby"

Governess to the Misses Marlow, and the cousin of Gilbert Otley, a publisher. Miss Battery is sandy-haired with a weather beaten complexion, eyes of pale blue, a jutting nose, and a gruff way of talking. She is much adored by her charges, however, and in particular is Phoebe Marlow's friend and confidant. As a lover of romance novels, and as the cousin of a publisher, Miss Battery is instrumental in helping Phoebe Marlow get her book The Lost Heir published.

Beaufort, Duke of

SYLVESTER

Mentioned in passing as the owner of Blandford Park, where the Duke of Salford attends a hunting party. Lord Marlow is a fellow guest at this party, and it is at Blandford Park that Lord Marlow invites the Duke of Salford to Austerby, his home, on the pretext of hunting and of buying a hunter.

Bellerby, Miss Sophia

SYLVESTER

One of the five women the Duke of Salford names to his mother as a potential bride for himself. She is described by the Duke as "a handsome girl, with a little reserve."

Betsy Anne

SYLVESTER

The schooner that Sir Nugent Fotherby hires to go to France.

*?Blackwell

SYLVESTER

Mentioned in passing as the publisher of the Duchess of Salford's poems.

*Bonaparte, Napolean

SYLVESTER

Mentioned in passing by Mrs. Irthing as she describes Paris. According to Mrs. Irthing, Paris is being restored to its former gaiety after Napolean had spoilt everything there with his vulgar ways.

Bonnet, Madame

SYLVESTER

Landlady of the hotel Poisson Rouge in Abbeville, France, where Sir Nugent Fotherby's traveling party is waylaid for a few days.

Brough

SYLVESTER

Mentioned in passing as someone the Duke of Salford must meet one afternoon at Chance.

*Brummell, Beau

SYLVESTER

Mentioned in passing by Sir Nugent Fotherby, who compares himself favorably to Brummell. Both Sir Nugent Fotherby and Brummell wear white tops to their boots.

*Burrell, Mrs.

SYLVESTER

Mentioned in passing in reference to a character in Phoebe Marlow's novel The Lost Heir. The character is modeled after Emily Cowper, but Emily Cowper thinks the model for the character was Mrs. Burrell.

Button

SYLVESTER

Nurse of Master Edmund Rayne. Former nurse of the Duke of Salford and Lord Henry Rayne.

*Byron, Lord, George Gordon (1788-1824)

SYLVESTER

Mentioned in passing in comparison to Phoebe Marlow. Lord Byron awoke one morning to find himself famous, but after the publication of her novel, Phoebe did not wake to fame, for her publishers did not allow her identity to escape.

*?Castlereagh

SYLVESTER

Hosts of the ball where the Duke of Salford confronts Phoebe Marlow about her book The Lost Heir, thereby confirming to the ton that Phoebe must indeed be the author of the novel.

Chale

SYLVESTER

Mentioned in passing as someone the Duke of Salford must meet one afternoon at Chance.

"Chien"

SYLVESTER

Madame Bonnet's dog at the Poisson Rouge in Abbeville, France. Chien's name is actually Toto, but Edmund Rayne misunderstands this and thinks the dog's name is Chien, and therefore he and his entire traveling party call the dog Chien. Chien is accused of biting the extra-large gold tassels off Sir Nugent Fotherby's Hessians.

*Colburn

SYLVESTER

Mentioned in passing as the publisher of Lady Caroline Lamb's Glenarvon.

*?Cork, Lady

SYLVESTER

Mentioned in passing as someone who did not care when Miss Verena Ingham (later to be Lady Verena Marlow) did outrageous things during her season.

*Cowper, Emily

SYLVESTER

Mentioned in passing as being sketched into Phoebe Marlow's novel The Lost Heir. Emily Cowper doesn't see herself in the character, though; she suspects the character to be modeled after Mrs. Burrell.

Derwent, Sally

SYLVESTER

The only person to whom Lady Henry Rayne revealed the information that Miss Phoebe Marlow authored The Lost Heir.

"Dook"

SYLVESTER

See: Salford, Duke of

Nickname given to the Duke of Salford, Sylvester Rayne, by his younger twin brother Harry, when they were children.

*Edgeworth, Maria

SYLVESTER

Mentioned in passing as an author whom Lady Constance Marlow forbid her daughters to read.

*?Egerton

SYLVESTER

A publisher to whom Miss Sybilla Battery threatens to send the manuscript of the The Lost Heir if Newsham and Otley won't commit to publishing it themselves.

Elise

SYLVESTER

A servant in the kitchen at the Poisson Rouge, the hotel in France where Sir Nugent Fotherby's traveling party is waylaid for a few days.

Elvaston???, Charles

SYLVESTER

Mentioned in passing as the brother of Lady Henry Rayne.

Elvaston, Lord

SYLVESTER

Wife: Lady Elvaston

Son: Charles Elvaston

Daughter: Lady Henry Rayne

Elvaston, Lady.

SYLVESTER

Husband: Lord Elvaston

Son: Charles Elvaston

Daughter: Lady Henry Rayne

Firefly

SYLVESTER

The horse that the Duke of Salford provides for Phoebe Marlow in London, under the guise that it belongs to his cousin Mrs. Newbury. Firefly is a "little spiriting mare with a silken mouth, perfect in all her paces, and full of playfulness."

Firbank

SYLVESTER

Butler to the Marlow family at Austerby.

Florian

SYLVESTER

Character in The Lost Heir, a novel penned by Miss Phoebe Marlow. Florian helps Matilda spirit Maximilian out of the country to escape the guardianship of his wicked uncle Count Ugolino.

Fotherby, Old

SYLVESTER

Mentioned in passing as the father of Sir Nugent Fotherby

Fotherby, Sir Nugent.

SYLVESTER

Betrothed to Lady Henry Rayne. A Pink of the Ton, very tall and willowy in build, and while not unhandsome, he is so tightly laced at the waist and so padded at the shoulders that he looks ridiculous. Sir Nugent is impervious to insult, and thinks himself "a Nonpareil, a regular Top-of-the-Trees, a Sure Card, up to all kinds of slums, never to be beaten on any suit." He is very foppish, very rich, and concerns himself with nothing more strenous than fashion, comfort, and his own consequence. His suit towards Lady Henry Rayne is not met with enthusiasm by her family, nor by the Duke of Salford, but Sir Nugent is willing to go to outrageous lengths to please Lady Henry Rayne and to make her his wife.

Georgie

SYLVESTER

see Newbury, Mrs. Lion

*Halford, Sir Henry

SYLVESTER

Physician to the Dowager Lady Ingham who indulges her desires to have things her own way. He "(understands) her constitution so well that he could always be depended on to recommend her to do precisely what she wished."

Hardwick

SYLVESTER

Mentioned in passing as the only person who "made up" to Phoebe Marlow during her first season.

Hayle

SYLVESTER

Mentioned in passing as a neighbor near Austerby, Lord Marlow's seat.

*Hoby

SYLVESTER

Mentioned in passing as Sir Nugent Fotherby's boot maker.

Horwich

SYLVESTER

Butler to the Dowager Lady Ingham. He is so severe that he eclipses the Duke of Salford in Alice Scaling's eyes.

"The Impregnable Citadel"

SYLVESTER

See: Wharfe, Miss

Ingham, Miss Amabel

SYLVESTER

Daughter of Lord and Lady Ingham. Cousin to Phoebe Marlow. Described with her sisters as "very plain, and very good, and very dull."

Ingham, Miss Anne

SYLVESTER

Cousin to Miss Phoebe Marlow. Described with her sisters as "very plain, and very good, and very dull." Her favorite mount is provided for Phoebe's use in London, but when the Duke of Salford sees the mount, he describes it as a job horse and offers to provide a mount from his own stables for Phoebe's use.

Ingham, Dowager Lady

SYLVESTER

Son: Lord Ingham

Daughter: Lady Verena Marlow, nee Miss Verena Ingham

Grandchildren: Miss Phoebe Marlow, Miss Anne Ingham, Miss Mary Ingham, Miss Amabel Ingham, and Dudley Ingham.

Godson: The Duke of Salford, Sylvester Rayne.

At age 65, the Dowager Lady Ingham has a tendency to gout, and is also threatened with palpitations whenever she is faced with a disagreeable task. She is a likable, benign manipulator who wants things to happen her own way. When she indiscreetly recommends her granddaughter Phoebe as a suitable wife to the Duke of Salford, she immediately sets the Duke, who prefers discretion and subtlety, upon his guard. The Dowager Lady Ingham hosts Phoebe during her second season, and tries to take Phoebe to Paris when scandal over the novel The Lost Heir breaks out in London.

Ingham, Dudley

SYLVESTER

Second son of Lord and Lady Ingham. Cousin to Phoebe Marlow.

Ingham, Lord.

SYLVESTER

Wife: Lady Rosina Ingham

Son: Dudley Ingham

Daughters: Miss Anne, Miss Amabel, and Miss Mary Ingham

Mother: The Dowager Lady Ingham

Ingham, Miss Mary.

SYLVESTER

Daughter of Lord and Lady Ingham. Cousin to Phoebe Marlow. Described with her sisters as "very plain, and very good, and very dull."

Ingham, Lady Rosina

SYLVESTER

Wife of Lord Ingham and daughter-in-law to the Dowager Lady Ingham. Mentioned only briefly as the chaperon to Miss Phoebe Marlow during her second season.

Ingham, Miss Verena

SYLVESTER

see Marlow, Lady Verena

Irthing, Mrs.

SYLVESTER

Friend of the Dowager Lady Ingham. She has recently returned from Paris and gives the city such a glowing account that the Dowager Lady Ingham considers traveling there.

Jane

SYLVESTER

Mentioned in passing as Miss Phoebe Marlow's former nursery maid who married a corn-chandler and now lives in Reading.

Jem

SYLVESTER

A stablehand at Chance, the Duke of Salford's seat in Leicestershire. He has a spotty face, and teaches Edmund Rayne choice phrases, such as "gutfoundered."

*Jersey, Lady

SYLVESTER

Mentioned in passing as having held a ball during Phoebe Marlow's first season.

Josceline, Baroness

SYLVESTER

A character in Phoebe Marlow's The Lost Heir, whom she based on Lady Sefton. The character is described as "the affected, fidgety one."

Jupiter

SYLVESTER

Mrs. Newbury's horse

Keighley, John.

SYLVESTER

Long-time groom for the Duke of Salford. He has an affection for the Duke and for Edmund. Keighley is ill with a cold when the Duke of Salford tells him to fetch a doctor for Tom Orde. Because Keighley has a cold, and because a snow storm is raging, Phoebe Marlow takes the Duke to task, and the Duke, feeling foolish, fetches the doctor in Keighley's stead.

*Lamb, Lady Caroline

SYLVESTER

Mentioned in passing. Lady Caroline Lamb wrote the novel Glenarvon, a novel that Mr. Newsham compares to Phoebe Marlow's The Lost Heir.

*Lawrence

SYLVESTER

Mentioned in passing as the artist the Duke of Salford commissioned to paint a portrait of Lady Henry Rayne and her son, Edmund, for Lord Henry Rayne.

*Lieven, Countess

SYLVESTER

Mentioned in passing as shrugging off Phoebe Marlow's novel The Lost Heir, calling it an almond for a parrot.

Leyburn, Reverend Loftus

SYLVESTER

Tutor to Master Edmund Rayne. Friend of the Duchess of Salford.

*Louis, King

SYLVESTER

Mentioned in passing when the Dowager Lady Ingham tries to persuade her granddaughter Phoebe Marlow to come to Paris with her by promising to present her to King Louis.

Macaronio, Baron

SYLVESTER

Character in The Lost Heir, a novel penned by Phoebe Marlow. Lady Henry Rayne believes him to have been based on Sir Nugent Fotherby.

Marlow, Lady Constance

SYLVESTER

Husband: Lord Marlow

Daughters: The Misses Susan, Mary, Eliza, and Kitty Marlow

Stepdaughter: Miss Phoebe Marlow

Lady Constance dislikes Phoebe and dresses her in unbecoming fashions. Her own pressing character forces Phoebe to be tongue-tied in her company. Phoebe never looks and behaves her best when in her stepmother's company. Lady Constance is very eager for Phoebe to make a match with the Duke of Salford.

Marlow, Lord

SYLVESTER

Wife: The late Lady Verena Marlow, nee Miss Verena Ingham.

Wife: Lady Constance Marlow.

Daughters: The Misses Phoebe, Susan, Mary, Eliza, and Kitty Marlow.

Known for his hunting prowess and for his stables, Lord Marlow is eager to secure a good match for Phoebe. He invites the Duke of Salford to his home on the pretense of examining a horse, but his true intent is to give the Duke the opportunity to look over his daughter.

Marlow, Miss Phoebe.

SYLVESTER

A.K.A. "Sparrow"

Father: Lord Marlow

Mother: The late Lady Verena Marlow

Sisters: The Misses Susan, Mary, Eliza, and Kitty Marlow.

Grandmother: The Dowager Lady Ingham.

At age 19, comprised of a thin, wiry figure, brown complexion, and clear speaking gray eyes, Phoebe has an imaginative turn of mind and a gift of mimicry. She did not take during her first Season, and found Society to be filled with frivolous and arrogant people, many of whom were the inspiration for the characters in a novel she wrote immediately upon her return to the country: The Lost Heir. During her Season, Phoebe was most affected by the arrogance of the Duke of Salford, and she thus modeled the villain of her novel after him. Nearly one year after her season, just as The Lost Heir is to be published, she is horrified to discover that her father and stepmother intend her to make a match with the Duke of Salford. When the Duke arrives at Austerby, Phoebe takes flight to her grandmother, the Dowager Lady Ingham, in London.

Marlow, Lady Verena

(nee Miss Verena Ingham)

SYLVESTER

Deceased

Husband: Lord Marlow

Daughter: Miss Phoebe Marlow

Mother: The Dowager Lady Ingham

A dear friend of the Duchess of Salford, Lady Verena Marlow was not beautiful or accomplished, and she preferred horses to any man she ever met. The Duchess of Salford suspects that Verena married Lord Marlow solely because of his horsemanship.

Marlow, Miss Eliza.

SYLVESTER

Father: Lord Marlow

Mother: Lady Constance Marlow

Sisters: The Misses Susan, Mary, and Kitty Marlow. Half-sister to Miss Phoebe Marlow.

Eliza eavesdrops on a conversation between Tom Orde and Phoebe, misunderstands what they are saying, and informs her parents the next morning that Tom and Phoebe have eloped to Gretna Green.

Marlow, Miss Susan.

SYLVESTER

Father: Lord Marlow

Mother: Lady Constance Marlow

Sisters: The Misses Mary, Eliza, and Kitty Marlow. Half-sister to Miss Phoebe Marlow.

Marlow, Miss Mary.

SYLVESTER

Father: Lord Marlow

Mother: Lady Constance Marlow

Sisters: The Misses Susan, Eliza, and Kitty Marlow. Half-sister to Miss Phoebe Marlow.

Marlow, Miss Kitty.

SYLVESTER

Father: Lord Marlow

Mother: Lady Constance Marlow

Sisters: The Misses Susan, Mary, and Eliza Marlow. Half-sister to Miss Phoebe Marlow.

Matilda

SYLVESTER

Character in The Lost Heir, a novel penned by Phoebe Marlow. Matilda is the golden-haired sister of Maximilian. Lady Henry Rayne assumes that she was the model for this character.

Maximilian

SYLVESTER

Character in The Lost Heir, a novel penned by Phoebe Marlow. Maximilian is Count Ugolino's orphaned nephew, and is wholly in Ugolino's power. The Duke of Salford and his family erroneously assume that Edmund Rayne was the basis for this character.

Muker, Miss

SYLVESTER

Maid to the Dowager Lady Ingham. She is sour and oddly jealous of Phoebe Marlow.

*Nelson, Lord Horatio

SYLVESTER

Mentioned in passing when Sir Nugent Fotherby is trying to coax his wife's fearful maid aboard the schooner to France, asking her "what would have happened if Nelson had been scared to go on a ship?"

Newbury, Mrs. Lion (Georgiana)

SYLVESTER

Familial Nickname: Georgie

Husband: Major Lion Newbury

Cousin: The Duke of Salford, Sylvester Rayne.

Known for her unpredictable dinner parties, Mrs. Newbury befriends Phoebe Marlow, and pretends that she has a second hack to give the Duke of Salford the opportunity of providing a mount for Phoebe in London. She also suggests to the Dowager Lady Ingham that she take Phoebe to Paris when the scandal over The Lost Heir breaks out in London.

Newbury, Major Lion

SYLVESTER

Wife: Georgiana Newbury

A major in the Dragoon Guards, his wife is the cousin of the Duke of Salford.

Newsham, Mr. Harvey.

SYLVESTER

Partner of the publishing firm of Newsham and Otley, Publishers, which published Miss Phoebe Marlow's novel The Lost Heir.

Orde, Thomas

SYLVESTER

Familial Nickname: Tom

Father: Squire Orde

Mother: Mrs. Orde

Aged 19, Tom has been Phoebe Marlow's life-long friend, and they share a sibling-like relationship. Tom is sturdy rather than tall, with an amiable face, good sense, and unaffected manners. He is not bookish; rather, his interests tend towards crops and hounds. Tom has great affection for Phoebe, and will help her into and out of any mischief she creates. When she wants to escape Austerby and the addresses of the Duke of Salford, Tom helps her with her flight. Tom breaks his leg along this journey, however, forcing them to stay at an inn for several days in the company of the Duke of Salford.

Orde, Squire

SYLVESTER

Wife: Mrs. Orde

Son: Thomas Orde

Squire Orde is a neighbor to the Marlows. He is a man of excellent plain sense.

Orde, Mrs.

SYLVESTER

Husband: Squire Orde

Son:Thomas Orde

When Tom helps Phoebe Marlow flee Austerby, he leaves his mother a cryptic note which she interprets as an announcement of an elopement. Mrs. Orde rushes to Austerby to inform Lord and Lady Marlow of the news, and informs them, in the presence of the Duke of Salford, that Tom and Phoebe have eloped together.

Orton, Miss

SYLVESTER

One of the five women the Duke of Salford names to his mother as a potential bride for himself. The duke describes her as "not beautiful, but quite taking, and (with) agreeable manners."

Ossett

SYLVESTER

Mentioned in passing as someone the Duke of Salford must meet one afternoon at Chance.

Otley, Gilbert

SYLVESTER

A cousin to Miss Sibylla Battery, and a junior partner of the publishing firm of Newsham and Otley, Publishers, which published Miss Phoebe Marlow's novel The Lost Heir.

*Patronesses, The

SYLVESTER

Mentioned in passing

Penistone, Miss Augusta

SYLVESTER

Cousin and companion to the Dowager Duchess of Salford.

*?Petersham, Lord

SYLVESTER

Mentioned in passing as one who did not have more striking footwear than Sir Nugent Fotherby.

Pett

SYLVESTER

Valet to Sir Nugent Fotherby

Pewsey

SYLVESTER

Mentioned in passing as someone the Duke of Salford must meet one afternoon at Chance.

*Porter, Miss

SYLVESTER

Author of several novels. She is mentioned in passing when the Duke of Salford and Tom Orde are discussing novel-reading, and ways to pass the time while they are snow-bound at The Blue Boar.

Rayne, Master Edmund.

SYLVESTER

Father: The late Lord Henry Rayne

Mother: Lady Henry Rayne

Uncle and guardian: The Duke of Salford, Sylvester Rayne.

Edmund is a golden-haired six-year old, prone to mischief and travel-sickness. His father died before he could know him, and his mother is only interested in him as something of a possession. Phoebe Marlow was unaware of Edmund's existence when she penned The Lost Heir and created Count Ugolino as a wicked uncle character.

Rayne, Lady Henry

(nee Lady Ianthe Elvaston)

SYLVESTER

Husband: The late Lord Henry Rayne.

Son: Master Edmund Rayne

Father: Lord Elvaston

Mother: Lady Elvaston

Brother: Charles Elvaston

Betrothed: Sir Nugent Fotherby

A vacuous, self-obsessed beauty with blue eyes and golden ringlets, Lady Henry Rayne greatly resents the Duke of Salford's guardianship of her son, Edmund, and frequently spreads exaggerated stories among the ton of the Duke's unfeelingness. Her interest in her son, however, is not so much motherly as it is based on him as a possession for which she must fight. She is betrothed to Sir Nugent Fotherby, a match which is not cheerfully accepted by either her family or the Duke of Salford. When Lady Henry makes the acquaintance of Phoebe Marlow, she delights in having a new ear for her troubles, and tells Phoebe stories about the Duke of Salford which confirm Phoebe's suspicions that his attentions to her might be less than honest.

Rayne, Lord Henry

SYLVESTER

Familial nickname: Harry

Deceased

Wife: Lady Henry Rayne

Son: Master Edmund Rayne

Mother: The Duchess of Salford, Elizabeth Rayne.

Brother: younger twin of the Duke of Salford, Sylvester Rayne.

Harry and his twin brother enjoyed a close relationship. Before he died at the age of 23, Harry gave guardianship of his son Edmund to his brother, the Duke of Salford, confident that the Duke would always have Edmund's best interests at heart.

Rayne, Lord William.

SYLVESTER

Uncle of the Duke of Salford, and his guardian for two years before the Duke reached his majority. He is described as "old-fashioned, very bluff and kind, but very full of starch as well."

Reeth.

SYLVESTER

The Duke of Salford's butler at Chance.

*?Retford, Charlotte

SYLVESTER

Mentioned in passing as the friend of Mrs. Newbury's who described the scene between the Duke of Salford and Phoebe Marlow at the Castlereagh's ball to her.

*?Retford, George

SYLVESTER

Mentioned in passing as someone with whom Sir Nugent Fotherby had made a previous channel crossing.

*Reynolds

SYLVESTER

A painter mentioned in passing by Lady Henry Rayne.

Ribbleton, Lady Louisa.

SYLVESTER

Sister: The Duchess of Salford, Elizabeth Rayne

Lady Louisa spends much of her time in society and is therefore able to keep her sister informed of the Duke of Salford's behavior among the ton. When it is rumored that Miss Phoebe Marlow is the anonymous author of The Lost Heir, Lady Louisa gives Miss Marlow the cut direct.

Salford, Duke of (Sylvester Rayne)

SYLVESTER

A.K.A. "Dook"; "Uncle Vester"

Mother: The Duchess of Salford, Elizabeth Rayne

Brother: Older twin brother of Lord Henry Rayne

Nephew and ward: Master Edmund Rayne

Godmother: The Dowager Lady Ingham.

Age 28. A man of medium height with a handsome face, characterized by very distinct black flying eyebrows, the Duke is polite and amiable, but unknowingly arrogant nonetheless. He shares a close relationship with his mother, and he takes his guardianship of Edmund very seriously. When the Duke decides it is time that he wed, he presents his mother with the names of five suitable women and asks her to choose one of them as his bride. His mother, distressed at this cold method, instead encourages him to make the acquaintance of his godmother's granddaughter, Miss Phoebe Marlow. The Duke is intrigued, and pays a visit to his godmother, the Dowager Lady Ingham, but when the Dowager is indiscreet in her eagerness to make a match between her granddaughter and her godson, the Duke is put upon his guard. He is further dismayed when his attempt to make himself known to Miss Marlow results in her fleeing into the night.

Salford, Duchess of, Elizabeth Rayne.

SYLVESTER

Sons: The Duke of Salford, Sylvester Rayne, and the late Lord Henry Rayne. Sister: Lady Louisa Ribbleton

Grandson: Master Edmund Rayne

A gentle woman unable to walk because of an arthritic condition, the Duchess of Salford spends most of her time at Chance writing poetry. She is very fond of her son, the Duke of Salford, but has become concerned that he is perhaps becoming arrogant. She is anxious that he marry for love, and is concerned for his future happiness when he tries to choose a bride in a cold manner. When the Duke asks for her assistance in choosing a bride, the Duchess is quick to recommend that he make the acquaintance of Miss Phoebe Marlow, who is not only the daughter of her dear deceased friend, but also the granddaughter of the Duke's godmother.

Sawley

SYLVESTER

Groom at Austerby, the country home of Lord Marlow.

Saxby, Lady Jane

SYLVESTER

One of the five women the Duke of Salford names to his mother as a potential bride for himself. She is described by the Duke of Salford as being pretty and good-natured.

Scaling, Miss Alice

SYLVESTER

Mother: Mrs. Scaling

Brother: Will Scaling

The maid at The Blue Boar inn, and daughter of the inn's landlady. Described as a "strapping girl with apple-red cheeks and a wide grin," she unwittingly keeps Miss Phoebe Marlow and the Duke of Salford entertained with her habit of comparing the Duke to turkeys and two-headed girls. Alice accompanies Phoebe on the final leg of her flight to London.

Scaling, Will

SYLVESTER

Mother: Mrs. Scaling

Sister: Miss Alice Scaling

The half-witted son of the land lady of The Blue Boar, Will accompanies the Duke of Salford to Hungerford to fetch Dr. Upsall to tend to Tom Orde's broken leg. He is described as a "shambling and overgrown youth of a somewhat vacuous amiability."

Scaling, Mrs.

SYLVESTER

Son: Will Scaling

Daughter: Miss Alice Scaling

Land lady of The Blue Boar, the inn where the Duke of Salford, Phoebe Marlow, and Thomas Orde are snowed in. Mrs. Scaling is much dazzled by the Duke's presence.

*Sefton, Lady.

SYLVESTER

Hostess of the ball at which the Duke of Salford stood up with Miss Phoebe Marlow during Phoebe's first London season. It was during this dance that Phoebe formed the impression that the Duke was quite cold and arrogant, prompting her to make him the villain of her novel The Lost Heir. Lady Sefton herself is the basis for the character Baroness Josceline in The Lost Heir, and it is also in Lady Sefton's drawing room that Phoebe first sees her book in print.

Shap

SYLVESTER

A neighbor near The Blue Boar. He owns a pig which the Scalings will purchase for slaughter in honor of the Duke of Salford's putting up at their inn. Mr. Shap is "an ancient with few teeth, but a crafty eye," and he needs to verify in person that the Duke of Salford is an actual duke before he will agree to sell the pig.

"Sibby"

SYLVESTER

See: Battery, Miss Sybilla

Nickname given to Miss Sybilla Battery by her charges, the Misses Marlow.

Sinderby

SYLVESTER

A courier hired by Sir Nugent Fotherby in France.

Sparrow

SYLVESTER

See: Marlow, Miss Phoebe

The Duke of Salford's nickname for Miss Phoebe Marlow. He came to give her this nickname during one of their spirited exchanges when she looked at him in a way that reminded him of a bird hopeful of crumbs.

*?Standish, Sir Gregory

SYLVESTER

Mentioned in passing as a neighbor near Austerby, Lord Marlow's seat.

Stour, Mrs.

SYLVESTER

While making morning calls in London, Phoebe Marlow first meets Lady Henry Rayne at Mrs. Stour's home.

*Stuart, Sir Charles

SYLVESTER

Wife: Lady Elizabeth Stuart

The English ambassador to France, who is mentioned in passing as giving charming parties at the embassy, much to the delight of Mrs. Irthing.

*Stuart, Lady Elizabeth

SYLVESTER

Husband, Sir Charles Stuart

Mentioned in passing as the wife of the English ambassador to France.

Swale

SYLVESTER

Valet for the Duke of Salford.

Tilton, Mr.

SYLVESTER

Mentioned in passing as a dentist whom Edmund Rayne is not eager to see again. Edmund's was accompanied by his uncle, the Duke of Salford, on his first visit to this dentist, since neither his nurse nor his mother had the heart to take him.

Trent

SYLVESTER

An unidentified servant of the Duke of Salford's at chance, possibly someone in the stables.

True

SYLVESTER

One of Squire Orde's two tidy brown steppers who pull the curricle carrying Tom Orde and Phoebe Marlow on Phoebe's flight from Austerby. True's left hock gets strained in an accident during this escape.

Trusty

SYLVESTER

One of Squire Orde's two tidy brown steppers who pull the curricle carrying Tom Orde and Phoebe Marlow on Phoebe's flight from Austerby. Trusty "holds donkeys in the greatest aversion" and shies when a farm donkey brays at him during Phoebe's escape, causing an accident that strains the left hock of True, the other horse.

Torrington, Lady Mary

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One of the five women the Duke of Salford names to his mother as a potential bride for himself. The duke describes her as a diamond of the first water.

Toto

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A.K.A. "Chien"

The name of Madame Bonnet's puppy. Edmund Rayne misunderstands Madame Bonnet, however, and thinks the dog's name is Chien. The dog is accused of biting the extra-large gold tassels off Sir Nugent Fotherby's Hessians.

Ugolino, Count.

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Character in The Lost Heir, a novel penned by Phoebe Marlow. Count Ugolino is the villain of the novel, having imprisoned his nephew in a castle. Miss Marlow based his character on the Duke of Salford, giving him the same distinctive dark flying eyebrows, but she was unaware of the existence of the Duke's real-life nephew when she made Count Ugolino into a wicked uncle. When the Duke reads The Lost Heir, he immediately recognizes himself, and feels hurt and betrayed.

"Uncle Vester"

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See: Salford, Duke of

Master Edmund Rayne's name for his Uncle Sylvester, the Duke of Salford.

Upsall, Dr.

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A doctor at Hungerford, near the Blue Boar inn. He is fetched by the Duke of Salford to tend to Tom Orde's broken leg.

Wharfe, Miss

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A.K.A. "The Impregnable Citadel"

A handsome woman who snubbed her dozens of suitors, earning herself the nickname "The Impregnable Citadel." Lady Henry Rayne reveals to Phoebe Marlow that the Duke of Salford bet his brother that he could attach Miss Wharfe's affections, and called his efforts "laying siege to the Citadel." This report of the Duke's behavior supports Phoebe's suspisicion that the Duke is treating her kindly in a deliberate attempt to make her fall in love with him so that she will feel sorry for running away from him.

*?Windus

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Mentioned in passing as the designer of the carriage that Sir Nugent Fotherby has made for his wife.

Yarrow, Lord

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Mentioned in passing as a friend of the Duke of Salford