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*KEAN, Edmund (Nov. 4. 1787-May 15, 1833)

CHARITY GIRL

Famous actor . He first appeared in Drury Lane Theatre in January, 18l4 as Shylock and took London by storm.

It is mentioned in passing that “Mr. Steane replied in a manner worthy of a Kemble or a Kean”

*KEMBLE , Charles (1775 – 1854)

CHARITY GIRL

Actor who played leading parts at Covent Garden and was thought remarkable for his histrionic range.

It is mentioned in passing that “Mr. Steane replied in a manner worthy of a Kemble or a Kean”

*Nemesis

CHARITY GIRL

Greek Goddess

It is mentioned in passing by Mr. Steane that Lord Desford will find in him an avenging father, a “Nemesis”.

*NUGEE

CHARITY GIRL

It is mentioned in passing that Mr. Nethercott's coat has not been made by him.

*PETERSHAM, LORD

CHARITY GIRL

Famous eccentric Regency dandy

It is mentioned in passing that Simon is wearing Petersham trousers when he runs into Desford at Inglehurst.

*WESTON

CHARITY GIRL

A renowned tailor who became very rich clothing the ton of the Regency period. Brummell said of him "an inimitable fellow, a little defective perhaps in his linings but irreproachable for principle and buttonholes”. He had his business in Old Bond Street.

It is mentioned in passing that Mr. Nethercott's coat is not made by Weston. He is Desford’s coat-maker.

TAIN

CHARITY GIRL

Lord Desford's most excellent valet.

TAWTON, Jerry

CHARITY GIRL

Familial Nickname: Old Jerry

Mentioned in passing as an acquaintance of Lord Desford’s who tips him about a horse in Newmarket.

THIMBLEBY, John

CHARITY GIRL

Spouse: Theresa Thimbleby

He is visiting at Hazelfield and he and his wife decline to go to Lady Bugle’s ball.

THIMBLEBY, Theresa (née Theresa Emborough)

CHARITY GIRL

Spouse: John Thimbleby

Father: Lord Emborough

Mother: Lady Emborough

Brothers: Edward, Gilbert and Christian Emborough

Sisters: Rachel Emborough, Emma Redgrave and Clara Emborough

According to her mother, she is whimsical and crotchety. Theresa is increasing so she and her husband decline going to Lady Bugle’s ball.

THORLEY, Sir John

CHARITY GIRL

Mentioned in passing as an admirer of Lucasta who has shown Cherry some kindness.

TUGSLEY, Mr.

CHARITY GIRL

Spouse: Mrs. Tugsley

Retired merchant that rents Nettlecombe Manor.

TUGSLEY, Mrs.

CHARITY GIRL

Familial name: Mrs. T

Spouse: Mr. Tugsley

A bourgeois woman with social ambitions that apes the manners of the haute ton.

UFFORD

CHARITY GIRL

Cook to Lady Silverdale at Inglehurst.

WHIFFLER

CHARITY GIRL

A stallion, property of Lord Emborough.

WINDLE, Miss

CHARITY GIRL

Mentioned in passing as an unattractive young lady recently affianced to Mr. Bugle and in whose honour the ball is given.

WISSET, Amelia

CHARITY GIRL

See: BUGLE, Lady

WISSET, Mr. (deceased)

CHARITY GIRL

Mentioned in passing as the late maternal grandfather to Cherry Steane. He is believed to have been an attorney.

WROXTON, Countess of (Maria Carrington)

CHARITY GIRL

Spouse: Everard, Lord Wroxton.

Sons: Ashley (Lord Desford), Horace and Simon Carrington

Daughter: Griselda Broxbourne.

She is cheerful and even-tempered, and the only one to be spared Lord Wroxton's odd humours. She would like to see Lord Desford married, but only if he is very much in love. She is endowed with a great deal of penetration that allows her to play mediator between her husband and their children.

WROXTON, Countess of (deceased)

CHARITY GIRL

Mentioned in passing as Lord Desford’s grandmother. She was tyrannical and cantankerous woman that exercised her tyranny over her family and dependants.

WROXTON, Earl of (deceased)

CHARITY GIRL

Mentioned in passing as Lord Desford’s grandfather. He was forced to contract a disagreeable marriage and therefore determined that his children should marry for love.

WROXTON, Earl of (Everard Carrington)

CHARITY GIRL

Spouse: Maria, Lady Wroxton.

Sons: Lord Desford, Horace and Simon Carrington

Daughter: Griselda Broxbourne.

Sisters: Lady Emborough and Lady Jane Carringon (deceased)

Lord Wroxton is in his sixties and suffers from dyspepsia and gout. His quick-temper is softened by a lively sense of the ridiculous. His children love him and make allowances for his odd humours because he can be depended on to stand by them in time of need. His main ambition is to have grandsons: Carringtons, to succeed our Name, and our Honours and our Traditions. Nine years prior to the commencement of the story, he arranged a marriage between Lord Desford and Miss Silverdale, but the parties concerned decided otherwise. A recent attack of the gout and the news of Miss Silverdale’s prospective engagement has thrown his lordship into such a rage, as to make Lord Desford decide to trust runaway Cherry Steane to Miss Silverdale’s care.

LATTYFORD

CHARITY GIRL

Old butler to Lord Nettlecombe at ALBERMALE STREET

HARBLEDON, Philip

CHARITY GIRL

One of Simon Carrington's chief cronies, he goes with him to Newmarket.

HATCHET, of Longacre

CHARITY GIRL

It is mentioned in passing that he has built Desford's curricle.

Hetta

CHARITY GIRL

See: SILVERDALE, Henrietta

HONEYBOURNE, Mrs

CHARITY GIRL

Stout and good-natured Housekeeper at Inglehurst

The only one of Lady Silverdale’s servants that looks kindly upon Cherry Steane.

Horry

CHARITY GIRL

See: CARRINGTON, Horace

JACK

CHARITY GIRL

Son of the owners of Queen’s Inn at Harrowgate.

JAMES

CHARITY GIRL

An undergardener at Inglehurst.

JOHN, SIR

CHARITY GIRL

The Squire, and one of Charlie Silverdale's trustees.

LUCASTA

CHARITY GIRL

Miss Bugle’s godmother. It is mentioned in passing that Miss Bugle owes her name to her and that she was a very cantankersome woman.

MITCHAM, Mrs

CHARITY GIRL

Mentioned in passing as a friend to Hetta Silverdale who is an old invalid and lives at 12 miles from Inglehurst.

MONTE TOSCANO, Baron

CHARITY GIRL

See: STEANE, Wilfred

One of Mr. Wilfred Steane's assumed names and the one printed in the card he first presents to Simon Carrington.

MONTSALE, Mary

CHARITY GIRL

Guest of Lady Emborough's at Hazelfield and one at the party that goes to Lady Bugle’s ball.

MONTSALES The

CHARITY GIRL

Mentioned in passing as Mary Montsale’s parents and guests of Lady Emborough's at Hazelfield.

MOPSQUEEZER

CHARITY GIRL

A race-horse running at Newmarket during the July meeting.

MUSFORD, Miss

CHARITY GIRL

Mentioned in passing as the governess to the Misses Bugle.

NETHERCOTT, Cary

CHARITY GIRL

Cousin: Mr. Bourne (deceased)

Country seat: Marley House

Neighbour to the Silverdales, lately come into the district.

A correct and sensible bachelor in his thirties, with a well formed-person and regular features. His easy manners are perfectly well-bred but hold great deal of shy reserve. He dresses with propriety, but not fashionably. Simple and straighforward, very chivalrous and a romantic at heart; nothing would suit him best than to play knight-errant to a damsel in distress. He is one of Miss Silverdale’s most worthy suitors and one of the first to befriend Miss Steane on her arrival at Inglehurst.

NETHERSOLE

CHARITY GIRL

See: NETHERCOTT

Mentioned in passing by Lady Wroxton as the man with whom Hetta is likely to contract a very eligible alliance.

NETTLECOMBE, Lady (Maria Steane)

CHARITY GIRL

Spouse: Lord Nettlecombe (NB: married in second wedlock)

A vulgar and gaudy mean creature who used to be Lord Nettlecombe’s housekeeper.

NETTLECOMBE, Lord (Steane)

CHARITY GIRL

FAMILIAL NICKNAME: Nettle

Spouse: Lady Nettlecombe

Sons: Jonas and Wilfred Steane

Granddaughter: Cherry Steane.

Second baron. Disagreeable and clutch-fisted old man that lives as a recluse and has a very untoward disposition. He has quarrelled with one son and disowned the other. Lord Desford expects he will take Cherry to live with him.

NUNNY, Mrs.

CHARITY GIRL

Landlady to Lord Nettlecombe in Harrowgate.

OCKLEY

CHARITY GIRL

A retainer of Desford's at Arlington Street.

PEDMORE

CHARITY GIRL

Butler at Wolversham, the ancestral home of the Carringtons.

Aged and privileged retainer, he is very devoted to Lord and Lady Wroxton and used to putting up to his ill temper.

PEMBURY, Cordelia

CHARITY GIRL

Cousin: Lady Emborough

Mentioned in passing as an indigent spinster living at Hazelfield, and quite capable of giving Lady Emborough a set down.

PYWORTHY

CHARITY GIRL

Valet to Charlie Silverdale.

RADCLIFFE, Sir James

CHARITY GIRL

He is in his thirties and a frequent caller at Inglehurst.

RAINHAM, Mr.

CHARITY GIRL

Mentioned in passing as an admirer of Lucasta who has shown Cherry some kindness.

REDGRAVE, Emma (née Emma Emborough)

CHARITY GIRL

Spouse: Mortimer Redgrave

Father: Lord Emborough

Mother: Lady Emborough

Brothers: Edward, Gilbert and Christian Emborough

Sisters: Rachel Emborough, Theresa Thimbleby and Clara Emborough

Young lady as outspoken as her mother, currently visiting Hazelfield. She is among the party that goes to Lady Bugle’s ball.

REDGRAVE, Mortimer

CHARITY GIRL

Spouse: Emma Redgrave

Eldest son-in-law to Lord and Lady Emborough

Pleasant and good-humoured gentleman, older than Desford and a great deal fatter, currently visiting Hazelfield. He is one of the party that goes to Lady Bugle’s ball.

ROSS

CHARITY GIRL

It is mentioned in passing that he and his sister are guests of Lady Emborough's at Hazelfield.

RUDFORD, Mr.

CHARITY GIRL

Mentioned in passing as Lord Wroxton’s valet at the time of his travel to Harrowgate.

SILVERDALE, Henrietta

CHARITY GIRL

Familial Name: Hetta

Father: Sir John Silverdale (deceased)

Mother: Lady Silverdale

Brother: Charlie Silverdale

Neighbour and life-long friend to Lord Desford

Miss Silverdale is 25 (and will be 26 on January 15, in a six-month time). She is considered very well-looking, with hair of an undistinguished brown, aquiline nose, large mouth, beautiful expressive grey eyes and a great deal of countenance. She compares herself to Beatrice in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night: never serious for a long time and born to speak all mirth and no matter. She has unaffected, playful manners, speaks frankly, and shares with Lord Desford a lively sense of the ridiculous.

Nine years before she beg Lord Desford not to make up to her, contrary to their parent’s plan. Since then, she has refused several offers of marriage to the chagrin of her mother. As to Lord Desford, she has always looked upon him as a foster brother, close friend and trustworthy advisor. She agrees to receive Cherry Steane at Inglehurst until his lordship finds her grandfather.

SILVERDALE, Lady

CHARITY GIRL

Spouse: Sir John Silverdale (deceased)

Son: Charlie Silverdale

Daughter: Hetta Silverdale.

A hypochondriac and indolent faded beauty, who takes sudden fancies for and violent dislike of people, without the least warning and on the smallest of provocation. She indulges in melodramatic poses and speeches and has a tendency to fancy herself ill-used. When she learned that her former rival, Lady Bugle, had mistreated Miss Silverdale, she took very kindly to the runaway lady. But nobody knows how long that mood will last.

SILVERDALE, Sir Charles

CHARITY GIRL

Familial Nickname: Charlie

Father: Sir John Silverdale (deceased)

Mother: Lady Silverdale

Sister: Hetta Silverdale.

Country seat: Inglehurst

School: Harrow.

An irresponsible spoilt youth with a decided taste for unsuitable friends and ladies of opulent charms and vast experience. His looks, charm, manners and reckless daring makes his always have his own way. He is a at present recovering from an accident suffered while riding his high-perched phaeton, the result of which has been a broken head, a broken arm and two broken ribs.

SILVERDALE, Sir John (deceased)

CHARITY GIRL

Mentioned in passing as Lady Silverdale’s late husband and a neighbour and life-long friend of Lord Wroxton. He arranged for a wedding between Hetta and Lord Desford, but did not press her when she said she had no wish to marry him.

STEANE, Janet (deceased) (née Janet Wisset)

CHARITY GIRL

Familial Nickname Cherry

Father: Wilfred Steane

Mother: Janet Steane (deceased)

Grandfather: Lord Nettlecombe

Aunt: Lady Bugle.

A forlorn-looking slip of a girl. She is 19 years of age, but looks younger. She is small and elegant, with a charming little heart-shaped face, big innocent eyes, a mouth made for kissing and a tangle of soft brown ringlets. She is neither bookish nor accomplished (her only skill is for stitchery), but has a very sweet and artless disposition. When not afraid, she talks away like a prattle-box, and has a knack for dealing with cantankerous old people.

Upon her mother's death (she was 8) she was placed at Miss Fletching's school in Bath by her father, who subsequently disappeared. After several years, Miss Fletching arrange for her to live with her aunt Bugle. Tired of the bad treatment she had met with at Lady Bugle’s, she ran away to seek refuge with her grandfather. Lord Desford found her on the road and accepted to take her to London, but as Lord Nettlecombe was out of town, he deposited her with his friend Miss Silverdale and departed in search of the disappeared baron. She likes to make herself useful, and should her grandfather refuse to acknowledge her, she is determined to look for an employee as a companion to an old lady.

STEANE, Janet (deceased) (née Janet Wisset)

CHARITY GIRL

Mother to Cherry Steane, it is mentioned in passing that she eloped with Wilfred Steane out of the school-room, subsequently quarrelled with her sister and died when Cherry was eight years old.

STEANE, Jonas

CHARITY GIRL

Mentioned in passing as Lord Nettlecombe’s eldest son and a disagreeable man, father of a large family composed of several daughters and one son.

STEANE, Mrs.

CHARITY GIRL

It is mentioned in passing by Lady Nettlecombe that Mrs. Steane likes living in style.

STEANE, Wilfred

CHARITY GIRL

a.k.a.: Baron Monte Toscano

Daughter: Cherry

Father: Lord Nettlecombe

A handsome but dissolute man, he quarrelled with and was disowned by his father for eloping with Miss Janet Wisset. When his wife died, he placed his only daughter at a school. He flied to the Continent went he was found out cheating at cards and abandoned Cherry at Miss Fletching’s.

He is utterly unscrupulous and lives by his wit.. He has grown fat and florid, over-indulgent, self-satisfied and indolent. Now that Cherry is grown up and may prove useful for him, he has come back to take her with him; failing that, he will try to get as much money as possible out of Lord Desford’s relationship with his daughter.

STEBBING

CHARITY GIRL

Groom to Desford

Middle aged man, with a square and severe countenance and a disposition to match it. He is iron-nerved and not easily alarmed. He has served Des from his boyhood and taught him to ride his first pony. He is very proud of his master's abilities but would only acknowledge that to his friends, never to Des.

STHINGUMMY, Miss

CHARITY GIRL

(see Fletching, Miss)

Simon Carrington’s pet name for Miss Fletching.

ALDHAM

CHARITY GIRL

Spouse: Mrs. Aldham

Butler to Desford at Arlington Street

Born and bred at Wolversham, he knows Des since his craddle's days. From stable boy, he raised to First Footman at Lord Wroxton's seat, and then to butler.

The soul of discretion, he has frequently officiated at far from respectable parties and could name every Cyprian with whom his master has enjoyed amatory adventures.

ALDHAM, Mrs.

CHARITY GIRL

Spouse: Aldham

Housekeeper to Desford at Arlington Street

Born and bred at Wolversham.

BARLING Mrs.

CHARITY GIRL

Mentioned in passing as a friend of Emma Redgrave's and a guest at Lady Bugle's ball.

BECKENHAM, Mr.

CHARITY GIRL

Hetta Silverdale’s ardent young suitor. He is unlucky in that his place is more than 15 miles from Inglehurst and therefore Hetta cannot be tempted to trespass on his grounds.

BETTY

CHARITY GIRL

Mentioned in passing as a former servant to Lord Nettlecombe at Albermale Street.

BONAPARTY

CHARITY GIRL

It is mentioned in passing by Aldham that given the way Simon Carrington knocked at the door, anybody would think he was that Bonaparty, escaped off St. Helen!.

BOURNE, Mr. (deceased)

CHARITY GIRL

Cousin to Mr. Nethercott and former owner of Marley House. Mentioned in passing as a crotchety old rumstick, upon whose grounds, Miss Silverdale and Lord Desford used to trespass when they were young.

BROTHER BENEFACTOR

CHARITY GIRL

A race-horse bet upon by Simon Carrington at Newmarket.

BROXBOURNE

CHARITY GIRL

Mentioned in passing as Griselda’s husband and father of her three children.

BROXBOURNE, Griselda (née Lady Griselda Carrington)

CHARITY GIRL

It is mentioned in passing that she has given Lord Wroxton three grandchildren.

BUGLE, Corinna

CHARITY GIRL

Mentioned in passing as the third daughter to Sir Thomas and Lady Bugle. A liar and a talebearer, she overhears Cherry Steane speaking to Lord Desford and tells her mama a distorted version of it.

BUGLE, Dianeme

CHARITY GIRL

Mentioned in passing as the fourth daughter to Sir Thomas and Lady Bugle.

BUGLE, Lady (Amelia Bugle) (née Amelia Wisset)

CHARITY GIRL

Spouse: Sir Thomas Bugle.

Sons: Stonor and Tom Bugle and two sons more

Daugthers: Lucasta, Oenone, Corinna, Dianeme and Perenna Bugle

Sister: Janet Steane (deceased)

Niece: Cherry Steane

A dragon of a lady; an overbearing female that tyrannizes over anyone too meek or scared to withstand her. Her main ambition is for her daughters to make good marriages. She quarrelled with her sister when she eloped with Mr. Steane, and only accepted Cherry at her home because there was not other option; she treated her as an unpaid servant. She believes Lord Desford has eloped with Cherry Steane..

BUGLE, Lucasta

CHARITY GIRL

a.k.a.: the Beauty

Father: Sir Thomas Bugle

Mother: Lady Bugle

Brothers: Stonor and Tom Bugle and two boys more

Sisters: Oenone, Corinna, Dianeme and Perenna Bugle

Cousin: Cherry Steane

A great beauty and just out. She is the object of the affection of all the young gentlemen of the area. She was to be called Electra, but in the end she was named after her Godmama, of whom she has Expectations (completely unfunded, according to Cherry).

She has luxuriant hair, the colour of ripening corn and naturally curled, a countenance of classic beauty, a good figure, even teeth as white as whalebone. Her manners are assured; she has a fund of social chitchat at her tongue’s end; she is all delight and cordiality and an expert in the art of light-hearted flirtation.

BUGLE, Oeonne

CHARITY GIRL

Mentioned in passing as the second daughter to Sir Thomas and Lady Bugle. A trouble-maker and disagreeable girl, not as pretty as Lucasta.

BUGLE, Old Lady (deceased)

CHARITY GIRL

Mentioned in passing as Sir Thomas’ late mother and a cantankerous old woman whose untimely death ruined Lucasta's first season.

BUGLE, Perenna

CHARITY GIRL

Mentioned in passing as the fifth daughter to Sir Thomas and Lady Bugle, not yet out of leading-strings.

BUGLE, Sir Thomas

CHARITY GIRL

Spouse: Lady Bugle.

Sons: Stonor and Tom Bugle and two sons more

Daugthers: Lucasta, Oenone, Corinna, Dianeme and Perenna Bugle

Mentioned in passing as an old friend and neighbour to Lord Emborough, with whom he was at Oxford. He is the owner of a genteel fortune and a very improvident man.

BUGLE, Stonor

CHARITY GIRL

Father: Sir Thomas Bugle

Mother: Lady Bugle

Brothers: Tom Bugle and two boys more

Sisters: Lucasta, Oenone, Corinna, Dianeme and Perenna Bugle

Cousin: Cherry Steane

Fiance: Miss Windle

The ball at Lady Budle’s is given to celebrate his recent engagement to Miss Windle.

BUGLE, Tom

CHARITY GIRL

Mentioned in passing as a younger son to Sir Thomas and Lady Bugle.

CARDLE, Miss Hephzibah

CHARITY GIRL

Lady Silverdale's own dresser.

She has a spinterish form and an acidulated countenance. She adores Lady Silverdale and is very jealous of her attention and affection. She dislikes Cherry Steane.

CARRINGTON, Ashley

CHARITY GIRL

See: DESFORD, Viscount

CARRINGTON, Everard.

CHARITY GIRL

See: WROXTON, Earl of

CARRINGTON, Horace

CHARITY GIRL

Familial nickname: Horry

Mentioned in passing as the second son to Lord Wroxton. He is with the army of Occupation in France and believed to be as mindful of what is due to the Family as his father is.

CARRINGTON, Lady Griselda

CHARITY GIRL

See: BROXBOURNE, Griselda

CARRINGTON, Lady Jane (deceased)

CHARITY GIRL

Mentioned in passing as the late sister to the Earl of Wroxton and Lady Emborough.

CARRINGTON, Lady Sophronia

CHARITY GIRL

See: EMBOROUGH, Lady

CARRINGTON, Maria

CHARITY GIRL

See: WROXTON, Countess of

CARRINGTON, Simon.

CHARITY GIRL

Father: Lord Wroxton

Mother: Lady Wroxton.

Brothers: Lord Desford and Horace Carrington

Sister: Griselda Broxbourne

Aunt: Lady Emborough.

Male cousins: Edward, Gilbert and Christian Emborough

Female cousins: Rachel Emborough, Emma Redgrave, Theresa Thimbleby and Clara Emborough

The youngest of the Carringtons (only 23) and very restless. He is fair, good-looking and has a height and figure that allows him to wear the most ridiculous rigs. He is as ready to laugh at himself as at his fellow men and his effervescent liveliness makes him prone to fall into scrapes. Though he first had to be bribed to keep mum about Lord Desford’s involvement with Miss Steane’s affairs, he subsequently throws himself soul and body to protect his brother from a scandal.

CASTLEREAGHS

CHARITY GIRL

It is mentioned in passing that it was at their ball in London that Lord Desford and Miss Silverdale last met.

Cherry

CHARITY GIRL

See: STEANE, Charity

CHETTLE Doctor

CHARITY GIRL

Mentioned in passing. Physician to Lord Wroxton, in the habit of prescribing him wholesome dishes which his Lordship refuses to take.

CREEPING POLLY

CHARITY GIRL

A mare, property of Lord Emborough.

CRICK, Mr.

CHARITY GIRL

Lawyer and man of business to Lord Nettlecombe with a suave way.

CROMER, Doctor

CHARITY GIRL

Mentioned in passing. Physician to old Lady Bugle.

CUMBERTREES, Mrs

CHARITY GIRL

Mentioned in passing. Widowed a bare 12-month ago. A lovely man-trap, thirty if she is a day, after whom Charlie has been last dangling, though she has now been a thing of the past for weeks.

Des

CHARITY GIRL

See: DESFORD, Viscount

DESFORD, Viscount (Ashley Carrington)

CHARITY GIRL

Familial Nickname: Des

Father: Lord Wroxton.

Mother: Lady Wroxton.

Brothers: Harry and Simon Carrington

Sister: Griselda Broxbourne.

Aunt: Lady Emborough.

Male cousins: Edward, Gilbert and Christian Emborough

Female cousins: Rachel Emborough, Emma Redgrave, Theresa Thimbleby and Clara Emborough

CLUBS: the Four-horse Club, Watier’s and White's.

TAILOR: Weston

SCHOOL/UNIVERSITY: Oxford

He is 29 years of age and has now been in town for 9 years. He is good-looking and has a lithe, athletic figure and a quiet elegance. His easy manners evince his innate amiability as well as his breeding. He possesses a considerable store of patience and a lively sense of humour that allows him to deal with his father in a pleasant way. He is truthful, determined and easygoing. He is a man a fashion without being a dandy, a sportsman without being a Corinthian and has enjoyed the favours of a good number of damsels, without becoming a libertine.

According to his father, he is a slibberlabber here-and-thereian (with his mother's agreeing as to the last adjective) who wastes his money in horses, betting and bits of muslin. To Lord Wroxton's great distress, Desford has inherited a fortune from his maternal great-aunt and is not dependent on his father's allowance.

Having met Cherry Steane running away from her aunt’s with the intent to seek a home with her grandfather (Lord Nettlecombe) he befriended her and made it his business to see to her well-being. When he found out that Lord Nettlecombe was out of town, he deposited Miss Steane at Inglehurst and went in search of the elusive baron.

DIDDLEBURY, Mr.

CHARITY GIRL

A retired gentleman's gentleman and Simon Carrington's landlord.

DRAYCOTT, Lady

CHARITY GIRL

Mentioned in passing. Acquaintance of the Wroxtons's and the Silverdales's, who carries the tale of Nethercott’s suit to the Wroxtons.

DRUMMOND'S –

CHARITY GIRL

Mentioned in passing as being Lord Desford's banker.

EASTON, Doctor

CHARITY GIRL

Mentioned in passing. Physician at Harrowgate, once summoned to attend to Lord Nettlecombe.

ELLERDINE, Tom

CHARITY GIRL

Mentioned in passing as a young friend of the Silverdales’ that was quite taken with Cherry Steane.

EMBOROUGH, Christian

CHARITY GIRL

Father: Lord Emborough

Mother: Lady Emborough

Brothers: Edward and Gilbert Emborough

Sisters: Rachel Emborough, Emma Redgrave, Theresa Thimbleby and Clara Emborough

Third son to Lord and Lady Emborough, he is in his first year at Oxford and is a great admirer of his cousin.

EMBOROUGH, Clara

CHARITY GIRL

An exhuberant young damsel, younger daughter to Lord and Lady Emborough,. She is only 16 and not yet out.

EMBOROUGH, Edward

CHARITY GIRL

Familial Nickname: Ned

Father: Lord Emborough

Mother: Lady Emborough

Brothers: Gilbert and Christian Emborough

Sisters: Rachel Emborough, Emma Redgrave, Theresa Thimbleby and Clara Emborough

A stalwart young gentleman quite smitten with Lucasta Bugle.

EMBOROUGH, Emma

CHARITY GIRL

See: REDGRAVE, Emma

EMBOROUGH, Gilbert

CHARITY GIRL

Familial Nickname: Gil

Father: Lord Emborough

Mother: Lady Emborough

Brothers: Edward and Christian Emborough

Sisters: Rachel Emborough, Emma Redgrave, Theresa Thimbleby and Clara Emborough

A year younger than Ned and also an admirer of the Beautiful Miss Bugle.

EMBOROUGH, Lady (Sophronia Emborough) (née Lady Sophronia Carrington)

CHARITY GIRL

Spouse: Lord Emborough

Sons: Edward, Gilbert and Christian Emborough

Daughers: Rachel Emborough, Emma Redgrave, Theresa Thimbleby and Clara Emborough

Brother: Lord Wroxton

Managing and overbearing, yet kind and warmhearted lady. She has downright manners and speaks plainly and in a loud voice. The perfect hostess, she knows that it is best to provide her guests with plenty of food and leave them to do as they please. She writes to Lady Wroxton to inform her that Lady Bugle is accusing Lord Desford of having eloped with Miss Steane.

EMBOROUGH, Lord

CHARITY GIRL

Spouse: Lady Emborough

Sons: Edward, Gilbert and Christian Emborough

Daughers: Rachel Emborough, Emma Redgrave, Theresa Thimbleby and Clara Emborough

Country seat: Hazelfield

University: Oxford.

A quiet man of few words, he lets his wife rule the household without being henpecked. Actually, he knows how to check his wife with a nod or a frown.

EMBOROUGH, Rachel

CHARITY GIRL

Eldest daughter to Lord and Lady Emborough and a kind and homely spinster in her thirties.

EMBOROUGH, Theresa

CHARITY GIRL

See: THIMBLEBY, Theresa

FLETCHING, Miss

CHARITY GIRL

a.k.a. Miss Sthingummy

Mentioned in passing. Owner of Miss Fletching's Seminary for Young Ladies, at Bath, the school where Cherry Steane grew up. She had a tendre for Mr. Steane and behaved very well by Cherry, taking care of her even when her father would not pay her.

FOSTON, Doctor

CHARITY GIRL

Physician to the Silverdales, mentioned in passing as having tended to Charlie Silverdale and later to Cherry Steane.

FRITWELL, Mr.

CHARITY GIRL

Mentioned in passing as a patron of the Queen’s Inn at Harrowgate, whose room is given to Lord Desford.

GEORGE

CHARITY GIRL

A waiter at Lord Nettlecombe’s lodgings in Harrowgate.

GRIMSHAW

CHARITY GIRL

Butler at Inglehurst, the Silverdales' home.

He has very stately manners and an habitual air of disparaging gloom. He utterly disapproves of Lord Desford and definitely dislikes Cherry Steane.