Auguste is an employee of the Hotel Monte Gabriel.
A painter who has been in Australia painting a mural for the government, Cherry was married just a few days earlier in Venice. He is an Englishman, and when war is declared, he is enthusiastic to fight, but he also goes out of his way to be cordial to the German doctor and Italian commander who will soon be his enemies.
Recently married to an artist, Mrs. Cherry works at a store named Fortnum's, as she says, "wearing a smock, and disgracing my family." After hearing the news that Quillery has been executed for speaking out against the Italians, she becomes angry enough to face the same kind of punishment: "Don't call me your friend," she tells Captain.....
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