Persons in This Chronicle
The Narrator
Alfred Bannerlee of Balzing in Kent, athlete and antiquarian
Host and Hostess of the Bidding Feast
The Honourable Crofts Pendleton
Mrs. (Alberta) Pendleton
The Betrothed
Sean Cosgrove
Paula Lebetwood
Guests
Herbert Pinckney, Baron Ludlow and Ditherington
Ted Belvoir
Mrs. (Marvel) Belvoir
Gilbert Maryvale, Esq.
Mr. Charlton Oxford
Mrs. Eve Bartholomew
Miss Millicent Mertoun
Dr. Stephen Aire
Lib Dale
Bob Cullen
Servants
Blenkinson, patriarch
Soames, footman
Hughes, gamekeeper
Finlay, head gardener
Wheeler, chauffeur and handy man
Morgan, handy man
Tenney, handy man
Toby, boy
Rosa Clay, cook
Ruth Clay, housekeeper
Ardelia Lacy, lady’s maid
Jael, parlourmaid
Harmony, housemaid
Em, kitchenmaid
Nebulous or Mysterious Persons
The gorilla man
The menagerie keeper
Sir Brooke Mortimer
The sisters Delambre
The red-bearded runner
The youth in the library
The man in the tower
Officials
Superintendent Salt
Dr. Niblett, Coroner
“Scotland Yard”
Super-Sleuth
Harry Heatheringham
Arch-Lord of Disorder
PARSON LOLLY