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Serena 'Alleniana' Allen
- �past her 21st birthday�
- �attractive young� lady
- dark hair, �gray-green eyes�
- very tall, �slender figure�
- �a very personable shrew�
- cousin of Simon, daughter of Countess Bassington�s only sister �loves her aunt and uncle� and Simon
- �circle of admirers, up until now, had not included handsome young men. It had consisted almost entirely of middle-aged widowers who were prepared to overlook her small dowry and her chequered past�
- �hated cowardice�
- �sharp-witted�
- good friend of Phillip Derring
- �had never been good at concealing her emotions, and those emotions were usually strong ones� �dignified grief was not her forte; anguish and fury were�
Reverend Bertram Asquery
- neighbor to Bassington
B
Bandit
- Simon�s spaniel
- �had a gift for falling into disused fire pits, or getting trapped under logs, or chasing cows who then turned around and terrified him so that he fled to the nearest hedge and cowered until Simon rescued him�
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
Edward & James Barrett
- friend of Simon
- taught lock-picking by Colonel White
- sons of Charles and Sara
Lady Sara Barrett
- �tall, blond�
- sister of Drayton, wife of Barrett
- �conspires� with Countess of Bassington to play match-maker
Bates
- �elderly groom� working for Bassington
- �head groom�
Clara, Countess of Bassington
- wife of Bassington, mother of Simon, aunt to Serena, the only child of her only sister
- over protective of Simon, obsessed with his health
- would-be matchmaker
George Oliver Clement Piers, 5th Earl of Bassington
- �squarely built, with a high forehead and a mantle of salt-and-pepper hair which flew about his head�
- disorderly
- �irascible, stubborn, snuff-addicted, honorable, intelligent�
- would rather work than spend time with wife
- �unofficial consultant to the (British) government�
- �a cautious and intelligent politician, he wielded considerable influence in Parliament�
- �someone whose judgement and discretion were highly regarded�
- �can be terrifying when he is in a fury�
- plays �a prominent role in the delicate negotiations with Russia�
- �had a secret fondness for my (Bassington�s) cousin (Charles)
Josiah Budge
- innkeeper
C
Lord Castereagh
- Stewart�s older half-brother
- works for British government, writing treaties, making plans, etc
Bertha Childe
- �takes great care to be very-well informed about�guests�
- enigmatic�
- thought to have been somehow involved with French �prisoner� held in Bassington home, though twice his age
- �hoisted� onto Countess of Bassington by cousins
- blackmailed Royce
Louis-Fran�ois Julien de Bourbon-Cond�, Marquis de Clermont 'Louis Savignac' �Duancy�
- �his eyes. They were very dark, with dark lashes, in curious contrast to the fair hair� �dark eyes, dark brows, gold hair, and fine-carved mouth�
- �fine, narrow hands� �his face. Narrow like his hands. Reserved� �high forehead and finely cut features� �aristocratic face�
- �very charming�
- �very proud�
- � royalty� �illegitimate�
- �gentleman adventurer� �very well read and can talk about nearly anything so plausibly you�d swear he had taken his degree in it� �a bit of an amateur naturalist�
- �would not call you (Julien) a spring. You (Julien) are too tall, and your clothing too sober�
- 29 years-old
- French
- �never taken a chill�
- very much like Simon
- �realist�/�pessimist�
- �speaks perfect, unaccented English�
- old school friend of Phillip Derring
- �sent out of France when they started chopping off heads�
- �not a man whose face or gestures would betray him�
- �a tidy, punctual bastard�
- hid �under floorboards during the Terror, fought a hired assassin in a duel, and shot a bear at point-blank range�
- �great-grandson of Louis XIV�
- �raised Catholic�
- son of Cousin Charles
Prince Louis-Joseph de Bourbon-Cond�
- �an elderly man with a hooked nose and piercing light-blue eyes�
- �as a sign of his contempt for the weakness of the king and his fellow nobles, he recognized me (Julien) as his grandson�
- �always wore silk�
- �cold-hearted tyrant�
- from �a branch of the French royal family. Their claim to the throne was thought by many to be stronger than that of the current king-in waiting, Louis Bourbon� �a descendant of Louis XIV�
- father of Aline, grandfather of Julien
Louise-Aline de Bourbon-Cond� �Mademoiselle Aline DeLis�
- �blonde, with green eyes�
- Julien�s mother
- �by far the youngest in her family, and very willful�
- Catholic
Coughlin
- �ancient�
- �upper servant� in Bassington�s country home
- �knew Simon well�
- �indentured� in West Indies for �stealing a fish� � rescued by Bassington 30 years earlier
Crosswell
- Barrett�s secretary
- �a pleasant-faced young man of 22�
D
Mendes DaCosta
- a �founding member(s) of the Aurelians and a Fellow of the Royal Society�
Deitrich
- cook for Bassington
- large
Louise-Aline de Bourbon-Cond� �Mademoiselle Aline DeLis�
- �blonde, with green eyes�
- Julien�s mother
- �by far the youngest in her family, and very willful�
- Catholic
Phillip �young� Derring
- �slovenly fellow�
- friend to both Julien and Serena
- country neighbor to Bassington
- Catholic
- protective of his friends
Mrs. Digby
- friend of Mrs. Fletcher, �old� nurse to Simon
Rachel Roth Meyer Drayton
- sister of James, wife of Drayton
- �resembled James so strongly they might have been twins: the same flashing dark eyes and aquiline face, though hers was paler and finer-boned�
Major Richard Drayton
- �dark-haired young officer�
- friend of Southy & Nathanson
- protective, even to the point of being overprotective
- �2nd in command of His Majesty�s garrison force, Gibraltar�
Louis-Fran�ois Julien de Bourbon-Cond�, Marquis de Clermont 'Louis Savignac' �Duancy�
- �his eyes. They were very dark, with dark lashes, in curious contrast to the fair hair� �dark eyes, dark brows, gold hair, and fine-carved mouth�
- �fine, narrow hands� �his face. Narrow like his hands. Reserved� �high forehead and finely cut features� �aristocratic face�
- �very charming�
- �very proud�
- � royalty� �illegitimate�
- �gentleman adventurer� �very well read and can talk about nearly anything so plausibly you�d swear he had taken his degree in it� �a bit of an amateur naturalist�
- �would not call you (Julien) a spring. You (Julien) are too tall, and your clothing too sober�
- 29 years-old
- French
- �never taken a chill�
- very much like Simon
- �realist�/�pessimist�
- �speaks perfect, unaccented English�
- old school friend of Phillip Derring
- �sent out of France when they started chopping off heads�
- �not a man whose face or gestures would betray him�
- �a tidy, punctual bastard�
- hid �under floorboards during the Terror, fought a hired assassin in a duel, and shot a bear at point-blank range�
- �great-grandson of Louis XIV�
- �raised Catholic�
- son of Cousin Charles
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Emily
- �timid, quiet sort of girl�
- Serena�s maid
Duke of Enghien
- �the duke had been shot�English boys still repeated with ghoulish fascination, the story of the duke�s dog, who had howled at the site of his master�s death for a full day, exposing the murder to the world�
- Julien�s cousin
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Mrs. Fletcher
- housekeeper for Bassington
- widow
- friend to Mrs. Digby
- �round eyes�
G
Mr. Googe
- constable at Bassington country estate
- �short, round body�
- �greedy�
- �pursuing the housekeeper (Mrs. Fletcher) since the day she had put off mourning for her husband, six years go�
H
Mr. Hewitt
- �elderly banker�
- grown rich during war
Hoop
- �Bassington coachman�
- �dour, close-mouthed man�
Hubert
- footman in Bassington home
I
M. Ivanov
- was killed by and did kill Charles Piers, to keep him quiet about Russian source
J
Jackson
- Bassington�s gamekeeper
- �old�
- �rather short�
Jeb
- �innkeeper�s (Bates) grandson and part-time ostler�
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Captain LeSueur
-�sandy hair, thin as a stick� �deep scar running down the side of his face�
- �young officer�
- friend of Phillip Derring
- shares cubby �office� with Nathanson
- �2 brothers fell last year (1812) in Spain�
Countess Lieven
- guest at Bassington-Barrett ball
Captain James �Nathanson� Roth Meyer - �Little Rover�
- young, tall, dark, & �startlingly handsome�
- son of Nathan Meyer - 'Rover�
- nephew of Eil 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
- afraid of/strongly dislikes dogs
- fought 15 duels in first year as a commissioned officer in Portugal � 1 serious injury
- �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�
- doesn't 'like giving advice' - 'detest(s)receiving it'
- �green uniform�
Lucy
- maid in Bassington home
M
Maria
- sister to Phillip Derring
- pregnant
Prince Clemens Lothat Wenzel von Metternich
- �minister�
- appreciates loyalty and recognizes talent�
- Austrian
Captain James �Nathanson� Roth Meyer - �Little Rover�
- young, tall, dark, & �startlingly handsome�
- son of Nathan Meyer - 'Rover�
- nephew of Eil 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
- afraid of/strongly dislikes dogs
- fought 15 duels in first year as a commissioned officer in Portugal � 1 serious injury
- �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�
- doesn't 'like giving advice' - 'detest(s)receiving it'
- �green uniform�
Nathan Meyer � �Rover�
- �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
- �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�
- �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
Andr� Moreau
- �rascally French count�
- �French officer captured in Portugal ha�French officer captured in Portugal had grown bored waiting at Boulton Park (Bassington�s country home) to be exchanged. He had amused himself by toying with a much younger Serena and had then broken both his parole and her heart by escaping�
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Captain James �Nathanson� Roth Meyer - �Little Rover�
- young, tall, dark, & �startlingly handsome�
- son of Nathan Meyer - 'Rover�
- nephew of Eil 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
- afraid of/strongly dislikes dogs
- fought 15 duels in first year as a commissioned officer in Portugal � 1 serious injury
- �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�
- doesn't 'like giving advice' - 'detest(s)receiving it'
- �green uniform�
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Simon Piers, Viscount Ogbourne
- �short, slight figure�
- �blue eyes�
- 11 years-old
- �badly spoilt�
- �has a delicate constitution� �feigns illness� �takes advantage of her (his mothers�) fears�
- �can open any lock in the house�
- �a rare handful�
- greatly enjoys doing this he is not supposed to, midnight treks, dismantling various items, playing with guns, etc
- physically resembles cousin Charles
Lady Orset
- country neighbor to Bassington
- mother of Fanny Orset
- raises funds for hospital(s)
Fanny Orset
- daughter of Lady Orset
- friend of Serena
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Charles Piers
- �fair hair and dark eyes� �always taller� than Bassington
- just younger than Bassington, his cousin
- �his escapades were so shocking that he was eventually forced to go abroad. He died recently on the continent� �died well� �discovered� the identity of man in the Russian court �acting as a go-between� �and died ensuring that it remain secret�
- �scandal-monger�
- collected �the most vicious, most detailed account imaginable of every secret, illicit action at the Tsar�s court for the past ten years�
- �made his living ferreting out the Russian aristocracy�s nastiest secrets and then demanding money to keep them quiet�
- �claimed the honor� of being �the first Piers to be expelled from� Winchester (school)
- �rascally cheat�
- �forced to leave England as a young man�
- �often told people he was the heir to the Bassington earldom�
- �dashing and glamorous�
- �always relished the thought of being a devil�
Clara, Countess of Bassington
- wife of Bassington, mother of Simon, aunt to Serena, the only child of her only sister
- over protective of Simon, obsessed with his health
- would-be matchmaker
George Oliver Clement Piers, 5th Earl of Bassington
- �squarely built, with a high forehead and a mantle of salt-and-pepper hair which flew about his head�
- disorderly
- �irascible, stubborn, snuff-addicted, honorable, intelligent�
- would rather work than spend time with wife
- �unofficial consultant to the (British) government�
- �a cautious and intelligent politician, he wielded considerable influence in Parliament�
- �someone whose judgement and discretion were highly regarded�
- �can be terrifying when he is in a fury�
- plays �a prominent role in the delicate negotiations with Russia�
- �had a secret fondness for my (Bassington�s) cousin (Charles)
Henry Piers
- �a Cavalier�
- �the founder of the (Bassington) line�
�a wealthy farmer who supported the king during the civil war and was rewarded with an earldom by Charles II�
Simon Piers, Viscount Ogbourne
- �short, slight figure�
- �blue eyes�
- 11 years-old
- �badly spoilt�
- �has a delicate constitution� �feigns illness� �takes advantage of her (his mothers�) fears�
- �can open any lock in the house�
- �a rare handful�
- greatly enjoys doing this he is not supposed to, midnight treks, dismantling various items, playing with guns, etc
- physically resembles cousin Charles
Pritchett
- butler in Bassington�s �country� home
- very proper, stiff
Purvis
- �stout, square-faced, dark hair�
- �grumbling about your (Bassington�s) gamekeeper since last winter, claiming he (gamekeeper) took up traps from their side of the hedge�
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Sir Reginald
- country neighbor to Bassington
- �bereaved�
- �elderly� �a wealthy and childless widower, required frequent consolation for the perfidy of his younger relations, who unfailingly proved to have no sense of duty or affection but merely to be waiting for his demise�
- �fancies himself a judge of horses� � former
Miss Robbins
- Countess of Bassington�s dresser
- �impeccable taste�
Nathan Meyer � �Rover�
- �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
- �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�
- �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
Rowley
- Bassington�s London �elderly� butler
- more �informal� than Bassington�s country butler
Jasper Royce
- �blond man in his 20s�
- �fastidious temperament� with a tendency toward �reorganizing� Bassington�s desk
- �bumbling�
- �secretary-cum-tutor� for Bassington/Simon
- �isn�t a very good tutor�
- �a bit of an ass�
S
Rodrigo Santos
- trusted servant to Rover
- �a thin, dark-haired man with a weather-beaten face� �leathery face� �olive-skinned�
Satin
- �well-behaved horse� rented by/loaned to Julien by Bates
Louis-Fran�ois Julien de Bourbon-Cond�, Marquis de Clermont 'Louis Savignac' �Duancy�
- �his eyes. They were very dark, with dark lashes, in curious contrast to the fair hair� �dark eyes, dark brows, gold hair, and fine-carved mouth�
- �fine, narrow hands� �his face. Narrow like his hands. Reserved� �high forehead and finely cut features� �aristocratic face�
- �very charming�
- �very proud�
- � royalty� �illegitimate�
- �gentleman adventurer� �very well read and can talk about nearly anything so plausibly you�d swear he had taken his degree in it� �a bit of an amateur naturalist�
- �would not call you (Julien) a spring. You (Julien) are too tall, and your clothing too sober�
- 29 years-old
- French
- �never taken a chill�
- very much like Simon
- �realist�/�pessimist�
- �speaks perfect, unaccented English�
- old school friend of Phillip Derring
- �sent out of France when they started chopping off heads�
- �not a man whose face or gestures would betray him�
- �a tidy, punctual bastard�
- hid �under floorboards during the Terror, fought a hired assassin in a duel, and shot a bear at point-blank range�
- �great-grandson of Louis XIV�
- �raised Catholic�
- son of Cousin Charles
Staples
- Barrett�s butler
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Tempest
- bites, fights, kicks
- horse bought by Julien
Tuckett
- servant in Bassington home
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Vernon
- �slight, middle-aged man�
- Julien�s valet
- �unerring sense of property�
- �a gentleman�s gentleman�
- �a pessimist�
- �handpicked for his knowledge of the aristocratic code of conduct�
- �like a guard dog�
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Dr. Wall
- family doctor for Bassington
- �not an over-cautious physician�
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
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