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MIlton Loftis

A mediocre lawyer at best, he s the product of a domineering, patrician father and a lovely, refined mother who dies much too soon.

Helen Loftis

She is the daughter of an Army colonel, born into a wealthy, well-established Virginia family.

Peyton Loftis

The younger daughter in a family, her father spoils her unabashedly, lavishing attention on her.

Maudie Loftis

She has difficulty with one of her legs as the result of a birth defect and is somewhat developmentally delayed.

Carey Carr

He is a young-looking forty-two-year old rector of St. Mark's Protestant and Episcopal Church.

Ella Swan

She has been a housekeeper for the Loftis family for many years.

Dolly Bonner

She is about 40-years-old when the novel opens and is flirtatious and likes to go to parties.

Daddy Faith

He is an evangelical preacher and the representation of Ella Swan's unwavering faith in Jesus...

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