Susan Betten
aged thirteen, later sixteen
Justin Badoyen
Thomasina's tutor
aged twenty-two, later twenty-five
Kate Gavin
a housekeeper
middle-aged
Jeff Hunsicker
a poet
aged thirty-one
John Morrison
a landscape architect
middle-aged
Gauri Mangala
mother of Thomasina & Augustus
middle thirties
Miles Noecker
brother of Lady Croom
middle thirties
David Walker
Thomasina's younger brother
aged fifteen
Lucy Horton
an author
late thirties
Craig Storrod
a don
late thirties
Alex Thurtle
sister to Valentine and Gus
aged eighteen
Nick Madden
a graduate student, brother to Chloë and Gus
aged twenty-five to thirty
David Walker
brother to Chloë and Valentine
aged fifteen