Other Characters
- Fanny Logan, the narrator, a cousin of the Radletts and Linda's best friend
- Fabrice de Sauveterre, a wealthy French duke, Linda's final lover and the great love of her life
- Emily Warbeck, Sadie Alconleigh's sister and Fanny's aunt
- Davey Warbeck, Emily's husband, a distinguished writer and critic, and also a hypochondriac who undergoes unusual remedies for the sake of his health
- The Bolter, for whom no other name is given, Fanny's mother and younger sister to Sadie and Emily. She is called the Bolter because of her many marriages.
- Lord Merlin, a neighbor of the Radletts who befriends and mentors Linda, and introduces her to high society
- Tony Kroesig, Linda's first husband, a banker and later a Conservative MP
- Sir Leicester Kroesig, Tony's father, also a banker, who strongly dislikes Linda
- Moira Kroesig, Linda and Tony's child, whom Linda dislikes on sight
- Christian Talbot, Linda's second husband, an ardent Communist
- Lavender Davis, a childhood acquaintance of Linda's
- John Fort William, Louisa's husband, in the House of Lords
- Alfred Wincham, Fanny's husband, an Oxford don
- Juan, the Bolter's Spanish lover
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