Billy Weaver

A seventeen-year-old young man and the protagonist. Billy is a handsome and naïve upstart in his company. He comes to Bath on business and stays at a local bed and breakfast.

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The Landlady

A middle-aged woman who runs a bed and breakfast in Bath. The landlady is off-putting, if seemingly kind, and invites Billy to board with her.

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Christopher Mulholland

A previous guest at the bed and breakfast, whom Billy remembers from the newspapers when his disappearance was reported.  

Gregory Temple

A previous guest at the bed and breakfast. Like Mulholland, Billy remembers seeing Temple’s name in the newspapers.