Mr. Linton (= Lord Trevenna)

He pretends to be married to Mrs. Cope

He is only twenty-two and therefore younger than his partner

He seems to exist in Mrs. Cope´s shadow

Mrs. Cope calls him a donkey and believes that he is not able to stand on his own feet. Furthermore, she behaves like she were his mother

He is easily led by other people

Usually he is very uncommunicative and prefers spending time alone writing

He is very sentient and Mr. Gannett is the only person at the hotel he speaks to

The reader gets the impression that he does not really want to be with Mrs. Cope and that their relationship of an almost involuntary kind