sophia leonides

Daughter of Magda and Philip Leonides, granddaughter of Aristide. She lives in a house built by her grandfather called the Three Gables in Swinly Dean with her family and relatives. Charles's fiancée. Efficient, extremely easy to look at and has a clear mind and dry sense of humour.…more

Characters

Charles Hayward

Five foot eleven, brown hair, brown eyes, works in the Diplomatic Service. Fiancé to Sophia Leonides; met her when she was about 22 working in one of the Foreign Office department in Egypt. Narrator of the story....
Sophia Leonides

Daughter of Magda and Philip Leonides, granddaughter of Aristide. She lives in a house built by her grandfather called the Three Gables in Swinly Dean with her family and relatives. Charless fiancée. Efficient, extremely easy to look at and has a cl...
Josephine Leonides

12-year-old, second daughter of Magda and Philip Leonides. Likes to listen at doors and plays detective....
Edith De Haviland

Sophias elderly spinster great-aunt, sister of Aristide Leonides first wife, Marcia. About seventy, has a mass of untidy grey hair, a weather beaten face and a shrewd and piercing glance. When her sister died leaving seven children, Aristide a...
Chief Inspector Taverner

In charge of the case of Aristide Leonides sudden death.more...
Brenda Leonides

Aristides second wife. Married Aristide when she was twenty four and he was seventy five. Good looking in an anaemic, apathetic sort of way, difficult to read her thought, very quiet, likes living soft, sitting about, eating sweets and having nice c...
Aristide Leonides

Sophias grandfather. He was a Greek from Smyrna, about four foot ten, a gnome but with magnetic personality and extremely rich. He came to England when he was twenty four, in 1884, to seek his fortune. He started up a little restaurant in Soho, and ...
The Old Man

Charless father who is Assistant Commissioner of Scotland Yard.more...
Detective Sergeant Lamb

Assisting Chief Inspector Taverner in Aristide Leonides sudden death.more...
Philip Leonides

Aristides eldest son, Sophias father, married to an actress, Magda. Incurious, too well controlled of his emotion. Aged about fifty, an extraordinarily handsome man with straight nose, flawless line of jaw, the fair hair touched with grey that...
Magda Leonides

Sophias mother. Her stage name is Magda West, a flamboyant stage actress.more...
Roger Leonides

Second surviving son of Aristides, he is his fathers favourite. Aristide made Roger the Chairman and principal shareholder of Associated Catering, his fathers largest company. He is married to Clemency. He is a clumsy giant with powerful...
Clemency Leonides

Rogers wife. About fifty, grey hair cut very short, has an intelligent, sensitive face, with light grey eyes of a peculiar and searching intensity. She has very sharp and definite personality. She works at the Lambert Institute on Gower Street.&hell...
Laurence Brown

Tutor to Josephine and Eustace; Brendas lover.more...
Eustace Leonides

Son of Magda and Philip who suffered from a infantile paralysis...