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    Characters from Part 1: St Jeoire

    All Fade characters

    Louis Everett

    An antiques dealer in St Jeoire, a village of four hundred people. Louis is happily married to Anne, short of money, and plagued by headaches, sleepless nights and the same dream every night. He takes pills every morning and forgets more than he should.

    Anne Everett

    Louis’ wife: up before him every morning with her inevitable cigarette, fond of him, nosy and always with the last word. She has been seeing a fortune teller, Astrid, and has something important she wants to tell her husband.

    Félicienne

    Louis’ assistant at the antiques shop: devoted, highly strung, forever tidying his office and terrified of heights and boats. She doesn’t like Anne, and she takes medication for her nerves.

    Alex Eytellat

    A scruffy stranger who asks Louis for a cigarette outside his shop and wants to know where folks have fun around here. Louis tells him to get lost. Alex knows Louis far better than Louis knows him.

    Mr Belleville

    An important customer of Louis’ antiques business, white-haired and charming, with a twinkle in his eye. He has a deal that could solve Louis’ money troubles, an urgent appointment with his taxidermist, and an errand he can’t be seen doing himself.

    Astrid

    The village clairvoyant, who lives at the end of a dark alley and has been reading cards for Anne. Louis is supposed to hate clairvoyants.