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Lord Alcroft
- �spruce gentleman with graying dark hair� �trim gentleman, unmistakably related to Drayton�not as tall as his son, and the features were more delicate, but he had the same clear eyes, the same slightly square face�
- father of Richard, Sara, & Harry
- �feuds� with Drayton
- �so arrogant, the Due of Clarence sometimes forgets and bows to him (Alcroft)�
- �a very influential man�
Amy
- William's nurse
Jeremy Applewaite
- runs illegal people/good running operation to French coast
- British
Monsieur Arnaut
- �tall man with a cane�
- �has a twisted leg, or some such thing�
- �cleaned house� of lax officials in Lille
- in charge of the entire northern (French) sector for 3 months
- replaced by English courier/spy
- headquartered in Lille
- �the one man on this coast (French) who is up to any trick Nathanson can devise�
- French
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Sir Charles Barrett
- �nondescript gentleman�
- husband of Sara
- �fabled ability to elicit confidences from near strangers was based largely on his reputation as a man who could keep a secret�
- �old family friend� of Bassington, works with him on �projects for the Foreign Office�
- rarely loses temper
- friend of Colonel White
- advises �the minister on some rather complicated financial matters�
- �very discreet�so discreet that he is actually permitted to be aware of my (Southy�s) real appointment at Whitehall)�
- British
Edward 'Ned' & James 'Jamie' Barrett
- friend of Simon
- taught lock-picking by Colonel White
- sons of Charles and Sara
- British
Lady Sara Barrett
- �tall, blond�
- wife of barrett, sister to Drayton, aunt to Caroline and William
- �one of the finest riders in the county�
- �believed that children should learn to ride (horses) as soon as they could talk�
- British
Belinda & Bertha
- Barrett�s dogs
- 'large'
Betsy
- maid in Barrett home, attends to Caroline when Mrs. Mott is not nearby
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Mr. Castell
- dinner guest of Barrett�s, possibly familiar to Rachel
George Chapman
- �friend� of Drayton
Cloud
- Drayton�s �charger� (horse) in Spain
Misses Cole
- �Miss Cole was indeed a beauty, with fashionably dark hair and an ethereal air, and her younger sister showed promise as well�
- Miranda Waite�s cousins
Lieutenant �Corey� Courthope
- �a shy young lieutenant with brown hair and light brown eyes�
- friend of Drayton
- �nice young man�
- �had fought one duel, forced on him by a loud-mouthed bully hoping to make himself a reputation at the expense of an inexperienced country lad�the younger man (Corey) had put a bullet in his opponent�s wrist before he had even levelled his weapon�
- �generally peaceable demeanor, an
- �marksmanship was superior�
D
Daniel
- �only nine, but a sharp one�
- grandson of innkeeper of the Blue Boar
Davies
- �an enormous man with bristling white hair�
- smithy
- British
Lord Alcroft
- �spruce gentleman with graying dark hair� �trim gentleman, unmistakably related to Drayton�not as tall as his son, and the features were more delicate, but he had the same clear eyes, the same slightly square face�
- father of Richard, Sara, & Harry
- �feuds� with Drayton
- �so arrogant, the Due of Clarence sometimes forgets and bows to him (Alcroft)�
- �a very influential man�
Caroline Drayton
- �fair-haired girl of about eight� �small for her age�and wiry. She had fine, curling fair hair and blue eyes�
- �hoyden�
- niece and ward of Richard Drayton
- loves animals
- �a resourceful girl�
- �a marvel with the dogs� �simply amazing with animals�Barrett�s farrier thinks she (Caroline) is a wonder child�
- British
Harry Drayton
- late father of William & Caroline, brother of Sara & Richard
- �had fallen at Salamanca� �cavalry troop�hacked down by the French infantry�
- �splendid fellow�
Captain Richard C. Drayton
- �thick, dark hair, the level brows, and nearly black eyes in a slightly square, clean-lined face. He was tan from months on campaign. Perhaps a little on the tall side� �rather fierce-looking young man�
- 'mother's family was part Spanish'
- friend of Southy & Nathanson
- cannot act � �just an ignorant cavalry captain�
- protective, even to the point of being overprotective
- of the 14th Light Dragoons
- son of Lord Alcroft
- younger brother of Harry Drayton & Lady Sara Barrett
- British
William Drayton
- toddler
- �dreadfully spoilt�
- nephew and ward of Richard Drayton
- heir to Drayton�s family title
- British
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John Weyland - Evrett
- �dark-eyed� �dark-haired young man�
- �tall young man leaning on a cane�
- gave up command in army
- uses cane, but doesn�t always need it
- �horse was shot under me (Evrett) and it rolled over my (Evrett�s) knee�
- �winged� Drayton during a duel
- �the face of a man years older than Evrett�s true age, lined with the marks of constant pain�
- confidant of Nathanson�s
- �pinked� Nathanson during duel
- �had been the first of a long list of officers in the 95th who had determined to teach James Nathanson that someone whose real name was Meyer had no business holding a lieutenant�s commission. By the 3rd duel, Evrett was seconding him. By the 5th duel, they were sharing quarters�
- British
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Fidder
- Barrett�s valet
Fielding
- close friend to Drayton
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Mrs. Harvey
- doctor, knows Barrett and Alcroft
Hickman
- Barrett�s groom
Houghton
- �Secretary to the Adjutant-General�
- �blond young aristocrat�
I
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Jarron
- �older fellow with a gray mustache�
- �not a bad sort, but Meillet dominates him completely�
- Southy�s French contact
Jean-Luc
- �unlovely henchman�
- �rather loutish� very heavy, young�
- �real filth, whom Meillet uses for rough work�
- 'a brutish young man, stout and well-muscled'
- �found it quite satisfying to serve his country by brutalizing prisoners�
Jem
- �stablehand who doubled as the kennelmaster at Leigh End (Barrett�s country home)
Juliette
- Rachel�s cousin in Germany
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Ensign Lawrence
- �cheerful young man with a very round face�
- �chubby�
- �at the Royal Naval College�
- British
E.G. LeSueur
-�sandy hair, thin as a stick� �deep scar running down the side of his face� - �blond young aristocrat�
- �young officer�
- friend of Phillip Derring
- �Secretary to the Adjutant-General�
- shares cubby �office� with Nathanson
- �2 brothers fell last year (1812) in Spain�
Rel�mpago �Lightning�
- �stocky chestnut� (horse) �roan�
- �quite fast�in spite of appearances�
Lieutenant James �Nathanson� Roth Meyer - �Little Rover�
- young, tall, dark, & �startlingly handsome�
- son of Nathan Meyer - 'Rover�
- nephew of Eli Roth, a powerful banker and advisor to the British government
- nearly 23-years-old
- courier/spy for British government
- Jewish
- not generally effected by women
- very rarely dances or curses in English
- doesn't 'like giving advice' - 'detest(s)receiving it'
- afraid of/strongly dislikes dogs
- fought 15 duels in first year as a commissioned officer in Portugal � 1 serious injury
- �the most junior courier in White�s service�
- 95th Rifles army division �when he isn�t doing something even more dangerous, like sneaking into French fortresses�
- �hot tempered�
- does not trust Foreign Office
- a man of honor, sticks by his word
- �not a very experienced lover�it�s not easy to practice the art of dalliance when you�re disguised as a priest most of the time�
- used �more than 2 dozen� names in 1913
- almost never apologizes �and certainly not when he is engaged in an affair of honor� (duel)
- �not known for his patience�
- �green uniform�
- 'notorious'
Tug & Lion
- Barrett�s spaniels (dogs)
- �old and silly, and all they do is sleep�
Lodge
- messenger �from the general�s staff�
Estelle Lutford
- �a tiny, restless woman with implausibly dark hair and a hawklike face�
- Barrett�s aunt
- �so inquisitive�
- �rather conservative lady�
- �always knows every dreadful thing I (Drayton) have done while I (Drayton) have been away�
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Malton
- apprentice to Davies
-British
Maria
- Rachel�s maid � �older woman�
- �family servant who is nearly your (James�) foster mother�
- Spanish
Martin
- �rather loutish� very heavy, young� �very stout�
- �real filth, whom Meillet uses for rough work�
- �pig of a brother� of Jean-Luc
Claude Meillet
- gray eyes, ice cold
- blond
- tall figure, rigid
- intimidating
- difficult temperament, vengeful
- only one not to fall for Arnaut impostor, an English spy
- S�ret�
- �in his subordinate�s opinion, he was too fastidious for the Surete� �he did not like blood or broken bodies even under honourable conditions�
-�the veriest fop�
- 'monster' �an ugly customer�
- well connected
- hate-filled
- �clever Frenchman�
- �fancies himself as a swordsman�
- �accepting bribes from his cousin to concoct incidents along the coast�
Lieutenant James �Nathanson� Roth Meyer - �Little Rover�
- young, tall, dark, & �startlingly handsome�
- son of Nathan Meyer - 'Rover�
- nephew of Eli Roth, a powerful banker and advisor to the British government
- nearly 23-years-old
- courier/spy for British government
- Jewish
- not generally effected by women
- very rarely dances or curses in English
- doesn't 'like giving advice' - 'detest(s)receiving it'
- afraid of/strongly dislikes dogs
- fought 15 duels in first year as a commissioned officer in Portugal � 1 serious injury
- �the most junior courier in White�s service�
- 95th Rifles army division �when he isn�t doing something even more dangerous, like sneaking into French fortresses�
- �hot tempered�
- does not trust Foreign Office
- a man of honor, sticks by his word
- �not a very experienced lover�it�s not easy to practice the art of dalliance when you�re disguised as a priest most of the time�
- used �more than 2 dozen� names in 1913
- almost never apologizes �and certainly not when he is engaged in an affair of honor� (duel)
- �not known for his patience�
- �green uniform�
- 'notorious'
Nathan Meyer � �Rover�
- �very distinguished-looking�
- �would have no trouble recognizing him as James Meyer�s father�
- �scar was livid against the pallor of his face�
- 44 years-old
- father of James and Rachael Meyer
- works for British government, as a spy/courier, but isn�t on pay roll - �some sort of military policeman�
- Jewish
- �courteous, impenetrable�
- �the man who loaned Wellington the gold that financed his first campaign in Portugal�
- �after the death of James� mother had suddenly transformed himself from a quiet bank administrator into an unofficial spy for Wellington�
- �for all intents and purposes was the most senior of the colonel�s (White�s) intelligence officers�
- �trained him (James) to lie in 3 languages, forge papers, pick locks, and steal horses�
- �a learned and respected citizen of Frankfurt formerly attached to the Hessian court�
- �has been very tiresome on the subject of my (James�) own early morning engagements (duels)�
- �very polite, and next thing you know it feels as though a steel trap has sprung around you�
- master of disguise and �reading� people
- �a quiet man, unobtrusive without being timid or humble. His work in the family bank had been competent, no more, and he had spent very little time there since the death of his wife. No one who met him would suspect that he spoke 6 languages fluently or that he was deadly with a knife or that he could memorize the contents of a desk drawer in a few seconds, down to the last crumb of dried snuff. He had, in fact, been Wellington�s principal intelligence agent in Spain and France�
- �even half-asleep, he was an excellent liar. He enjoyed lying, in fact, practiced it the way singers practice their scales, telling small but unnecessary falsehoods to everyone he knew, even to his own family, as a way of keeping himself reading for future performances�
- upper body covered with scars from various weapons, including dogs
- �mysterious�
- �single-handedly destroyed more bridges in Spain than the entire British engineering corps. It is one of his specialties�
- �perfidious, lying, arrogant, ruthless�
- �saved my (Doucet�s) career last year, perhaps even my (Doucet�s)life, when you warned me (Doucet) that my (Doucet�s) mistress (Countess of Brieg) was framing me for treason. Cambronne is grateful to you as well, for protecting the emperor (Napoleon) on his way to Elba�
- �there was a reserve there which was incompatible with the picture of a dashing Lothario�
- has �a gift for languages�
-�loved being in strange places, speaking new languages, seeing of I (Nathan) could fool people into thinking I (Nathan) was one of them. I (Nathan) loved the idea of pretending, and wearing disguises, and learning to move silently and carrying knives in my (Nathan�s) boot. I (Nathan) was a banker who wanted to be a pirate, and the war gave me (Nathan) my (Nathan�s) chance�
- �most reliable and experienced reconnaissance engineer� �the heart of our (British) courier service�
- �could move in complete silence, even over gravel or leaves. He could finish an accurate sketch of a building in minutes�
- �taught himself to fall sleep and wake again in 15 minutes so as to make good use for all the hours he spends lying hidden�
Rachel Roth Meyer - Rachel Ross
- tall, slender �most decidedly not dumpy, and her voice was that of a well-educated Englishwoman. �wide dark eyes�
- 25 years-old
- sister of James
- �resembled James so strongly they might have been twins: the same flashing dark eyes and aquiline face, though hers was paler and finer-boned�
- 'lively and charming'
- educated in �Italian, French, German, history, mathematics�
- was tutored with James �for several years�
- �not at all artistic�sketches have a distressing tendency to look like a draftsman�s rendering of a scene�singing is dreadful and no pianoforte is safe in my (Rachel�s) hands�
- �quite an experienced nurse�
- �if she (Rachel) gets up to her tricks, she can be as bad as that James�
- �chased by dogs once when I (Rachel) was younger, and now I (Rachel) am afraid of them�
- �fine fencer with words�
- �not good at masquerades�
- �the inside of her right shoulder�small scar there�.a round, dimpled scar�a bullet wound�
- �not good at waiting�
Minton
- �most discreet� butler of Barrets�
Mrs. �Mottsy� Mott
- Caroline�s nurse �devoted to her (Caroline), and Caroline exploits her shamelessly�
Mowatt
- boatman
- British
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Lieutenant James �Nathanson� Roth Meyer - �Little Rover�
- young, tall, dark, & �startlingly handsome�
- son of Nathan Meyer - 'Rover�
- nephew of Eli Roth, a powerful banker and advisor to the British government
- nearly 23-years-old
- courier/spy for British government
- Jewish
- not generally effected by women
- very rarely dances or curses in English
- doesn't 'like giving advice' - 'detest(s)receiving it'
- afraid of/strongly dislikes dogs
- fought 15 duels in first year as a commissioned officer in Portugal � 1 serious injury
- �the most junior courier in White�s service�
- 95th Rifles army division �when he isn�t doing something even more dangerous, like sneaking into French fortresses�
- �hot tempered�
- does not trust Foreign Office
- a man of honor, sticks by his word
- �not a very experienced lover�it�s not easy to practice the art of dalliance when you�re disguised as a priest most of the time�
- used �more than 2 dozen� names in 1913
- almost never apologizes �and certainly not when he is engaged in an affair of honor� (duel)
- �not known for his patience�
- �green uniform�
- 'notorious'
Robin �Master Robey� Noakes
- �a boatman�
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Pete
- �a boy of about 8�
- runs errands for Applewaite
- British
Piccola �Peekhole�
- Rachel�s horse
- �beautiful mare�
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Rel�mpago �Lightning�
- �stocky chestnut� (horse) �roan�
- �quite fast�in spite of appearances�
Robson
- �small, balding figure�
- Drayton�s batman & valet
Rodrigo Santos
- �a thin, dark-haired man with a weather-beaten face� �leathery face� �olive-skinned�
- �nearly the same height and build� as Nathan
- �did not seem to have his master�s knack of taking on the personality along with the costume�
- coachman, bodyguard, and valet to Rover for over 10 years, as much a friend as servant
- does not use last name �unless absolutely necessary� � was disowned by father for opposing �the French regime in Spain�
- Spanish
Anthony Roth
- 'a pale, short, nearsighted young man with a very good head for numbers and a reputation for skill and diplomacy in the international financial markets' 'fair hair' 'blue eyes' 'fine-boned face'
- �intelligent expression and well-cut features made him reasonably pleasant to look at�
- 25 years-old
- only son of Eli Roth�s late brother
- cousin to Elana, James, Rachel, and Anslem; nephew of Nathan
- son of Amelia
- 'the pampered, sedentary heir to a banking fortune'
- �traveled all over Europe�for 5 years�
- �level-headed�
- Italian
Eli Roth
- �short, round, balding, and near-sighted� 'keen eyes in a hars-featured face'
- brother of Miriam, uncle to James & Rachel
- prominent, wealthy, and �most powerful banker in England�
- �one of the richest men in England�no, in all Europe; an intimate of Wellington, a man with the ear of princes and kings in 6 countries�
- �a very astute man�
- �does not approve of (Rover�s) wanderings and hoped to make a scholar of (James)�
- very much loves Meyers family
- plays matchmaker for Nathan � �has become something of an obsession�
- �a planner�
- �technically�already ennobled, at least on the continent�never sought it�
Baron Leon Roth
- Anslem�s fahter
- Austrian
Louisa Roth
- �piercing blue eyes�
- wife of Eli, aunt to James and Rachel
- enjoys �horrid great crest on the panels� of the family carriage(s)
- plays matchmaker for brother-in-law, Nathan
- very much loves Meyers family
- �raised the boy (Nathanson) after his mother died�
- �the daughter of one of the royal physicans� - �sister to the king�s physician�
- �distractions rarely worked on Louisa Roth for more than a minute�
Nathan Meyer � �Rover�
- �very distinguished-looking�
- �would have no trouble recognizing him as James Meyer�s father�
- �scar was livid against the pallor of his face�
- 44 years-old
- father of James and Rachael Meyer
- works for British government, as a spy/courier, but isn�t on pay roll - �some sort of military policeman�
- Jewish
- �courteous, impenetrable�
- �the man who loaned Wellington the gold that financed his first campaign in Portugal�
- �after the death of James� mother had suddenly transformed himself from a quiet bank administrator into an unofficial spy for Wellington�
- �for all intents and purposes was the most senior of the colonel�s (White�s) intelligence officers�
- �trained him (James) to lie in 3 languages, forge papers, pick locks, and steal horses�
- �a learned and respected citizen of Frankfurt formerly attached to the Hessian court�
- �has been very tiresome on the subject of my (James�) own early morning engagements (duels)�
- �very polite, and next thing you know it feels as though a steel trap has sprung around you�
- master of disguise and �reading� people
- �a quiet man, unobtrusive without being timid or humble. His work in the family bank had been competent, no more, and he had spent very little time there since the death of his wife. No one who met him would suspect that he spoke 6 languages fluently or that he was deadly with a knife or that he could memorize the contents of a desk drawer in a few seconds, down to the last crumb of dried snuff. He had, in fact, been Wellington�s principal intelligence agent in Spain and France�
- �even half-asleep, he was an excellent liar. He enjoyed lying, in fact, practiced it the way singers practice their scales, telling small but unnecessary falsehoods to everyone he knew, even to his own family, as a way of keeping himself reading for future performances�
- upper body covered with scars from various weapons, including dogs
- �mysterious�
- �single-handedly destroyed more bridges in Spain than the entire British engineering corps. It is one of his specialties�
- �perfidious, lying, arrogant, ruthless�
- �saved my (Doucet�s) career last year, perhaps even my (Doucet�s)life, when you warned me (Doucet) that my (Doucet�s) mistress (Countess of Brieg) was framing me for treason. Cambronne is grateful to you as well, for protecting the emperor (Napoleon) on his way to Elba�
- �there was a reserve there which was incompatible with the picture of a dashing Lothario�
- has �a gift for languages�
-�loved being in strange places, speaking new languages, seeing of I (Nathan) could fool people into thinking I (Nathan) was one of them. I (Nathan) loved the idea of pretending, and wearing disguises, and learning to move silently and carrying knives in my (Nathan�s) boot. I (Nathan) was a banker who wanted to be a pirate, and the war gave me (Nathan) my (Nathan�s) chance�
- �most reliable and experienced reconnaissance engineer� �the heart of our (British) courier service�
- �could move in complete silence, even over gravel or leaves. He could finish an accurate sketch of a building in minutes�
- �taught himself to fall sleep and wake again in 15 minutes so as to make good use for all the hours he spends lying hidden�
Miss Russell
- well known modiste
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Samuels
- groom employed by Rachel
Colonel Sawyer
- Drayton�s (former) commanding officer
Sedale
- Lady Barrett�s dresser
Sievert
- Southy�s valet
Silver
- 5 year-old horse
- �from the same dam� as Sleet � �amazing resemblance� �darker coat, fewer markings on the withers, higher stockings on the forefeet, a narrower mouth�
- �previous owner was a nincompoop�
- bought by Southy
Silvio
- valet/assistant to Nathanson, also works as butler, batman, coach driver
- �black-haired man�
- slim shoulders
- always prepared, calm
- �weather-beaten face�
- �been with James Meyer since before that young man had been able to dress himself�
- �italian philsopher�
Sleet
- Drayton�s �mare� (horse) in England �had her since she was a filly� given to him by Harry
- �gray with tiny silver streaks down her face and withers, like an ice storm�
Alice Southy
- Southy�s sister
- 'very pretty, with red-gold hair and greenish eyes�
- approximatly 10-11 years old
Captain Michael 'Commander' �Sommers� 'South' Southy
- natural red-brown (auburn) hair
- youthful, tanned face
- hazel eyes, fine, thin mouth
- �fine-boned face�
- 'no great height'
- expert left-handed fencer
- haunted by own past
- often quick to humor
- strong sense of honor despite past choices/actions
- �Best code breaker in the courier service. Cracked every cipher the French came up with last year (1812).'
- 'always hated guns'
- �thought himself rather clumsy and slow�
- �could hold out for quite a while under interrogation. Evidently his father used to spend his leisure time beating him�
- 'notoriously modest with women and rarely took more than a glass or two of wine in an entire evening'
-'neat as a pin'
- 'dispised his father'
- 'somewhat artistic'
- 'not hesitated for an instant to do his best to set things right, at a price few men would be willing to pay'
Mrs. Southy
- Southy�s mother
- (in miniature portrait) �fair-haired woman of about thirty�
Nigel Southy
- Southy's father
- �a drunken lecherous cheat who gambled away one of the loveliest estates in Kent and then rode his second-best hunter into a ditch�
- �before he died he had notes on every acre�
- �used to spend his leisure time beating him (Southy)�
- �treated his wife dreadfully, had gotten himself blackballed from every decent club in London, and had not been seen sober after 6 in the evening for as long as anyone could remember�
- �womanizing sot�
Sweelinck
- butler for Eli Roth
- Dutch
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Mrs. Tibbet
- housekeeper for Barretts
- �genteel�
Tom
- head ostler at and nephew of the cook at the Golden Pheasant
- British
Colonel Tredwell
- �a small man of forty� �pale blue eyes�
- �Deputy Adjutant-General, and officially he manages requisitions. But in fact, he supervises military intelligence for the whole Peninsula. Reports directly to Wellington�
Tug & Lion
- Barrett�s spaniels (dogs)
- �old and silly, and all they do is sleep�
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Frederick Waite
- brother of the Miranda
- went to Cambridge at the same time as Corey
Miranda Waite
- 'light brown hair' �sparkling gray eyes�
- �had plenty of suitors. She was attractive, although not beautiful, lively, unspoiled, and very, very well dowered� �charm depended more on her sunny nature than on her undistinguished features and pleasant but not elegant figure�
- intended Mrs. Waite & Lady Barrett to marry Drayton
- �a diamond of the first water�
Mrs. Waite
- mother of Miranda
John Weyland - Evrett
- �dark-eyed man�
- �tall young man leaning on a cane�
- gave up command in army
- uses cane, but doesn�t always need it
- �the face of a man years older than Evrett�s true age, lined with the marks of constant pain�
- confidant of Nathanson�s
- �pinked� Nathanson during duel
- �had been the first of a long list of officers in the 95th who had determined to teach James Nathanson that someone whose real name was Meyer had no business holding a lieutenant�s commission. By the 3rd duel, Evrett was seconding him. By the 5th duel, they were sharing quarters�
- British
Colonel R. H. 'C. P.' White
- �a tall, elderly patrician with a perpetual scowl and very large mustaches�
- �crusty old martinet�who runs a special courier service for Wellington�
- �a colonel attached to the adjutant general�s office� �acting commander of the Adjutant General�s Courier Services (Home Division)'
- office moves frequently, generally a mess of papers
- immediate superior to couriers & former boss of Southy
- �he virtually adopted (Southy), took (Southy)home with him several times when (Southy�s)father came to London and made scenes�
- personal friend of Barrett, taught his sons to pick locks
- 'didn't seem the type I (Drayton) would want to confront with the handicap of a pounding head'
Winters
- �an older man�
- Evrett�s second in duel against James
- known to James, but vaguely
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