Maria: The mother of Brigitta, the priest's daughter.
Brigitta: Maria's illegitimate daughter.
Padre José: A despised priest who obeyed the government's instructions and took a wife.
Mr. Tench: A dissatisfied English dentist who cannot return home because devaluation of the peso affects his savings.
Captain Fellows: The English owner of a banana plantation in whose barn the priest takes refuge.
Mrs. Fellows: The valetudinarian wife of Captain Fellows.
Coral Fellows: The thirteen-year-old daughter of Captain and Mrs. Fellows.
The Chief of Police: The lieutenant's inefficient superior, mostly concerned with playing billiards and assuaging his toothache.
