l ady . ▁A ▁small , ▁kindly ▁( if ▁somewhat ▁rid icul ous ) ▁woman ▁in ▁her ▁f ift ies , ▁she ▁is ▁a ▁mini ature - port rait ▁painter . ▁She ▁is ▁the ▁first ▁friend ▁the ▁Nick leb ys ▁make ▁in ▁London , ▁and ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁tr uest . ▁She ▁is ▁reward ed ▁for ▁her ▁good - heart ed ness ▁when ▁she ▁falls ▁in ▁love ▁with ▁Tim ▁Link in water . ▁Hann ah : ▁Miss ▁La ▁C ree vy ' s ▁faithful ▁but ▁notice ably ▁stupid ▁ma id . ▁Mr ▁S na w ley : ▁An ▁oil ▁merchant ▁who ▁puts ▁his ▁two ▁steps ons ▁into ▁S que ers ' s ▁" care ". ▁He ▁pret ends ▁to ▁be ▁S mi ke ' s ▁father ▁to ▁help ▁S que ers ▁get ▁back ▁at ▁Nicholas , ▁but , ▁when ▁purs ued ▁by ▁the ▁Che ery bles , ▁cra cks ▁under ▁the ▁pressure ▁and ▁eventually ▁conf esses ▁everything . ▁Mr ▁and ▁Madame ▁M antal ini : ▁Mill in ers , ▁Kate ' s ▁employ ers . ▁Alfred ▁M unt le ▁( he ▁changed ▁his ▁name ▁to ▁M antal ini ▁for ▁business ▁purposes ) ▁is ▁a ▁hand some ▁man ▁with ▁a ▁large ▁bush y ▁black ▁must ache ▁who ▁lives ▁off ▁his ▁wife ' s ▁business . ▁He ▁is ▁not ▁above ▁ste aling ▁from ▁his ▁wife ▁and ▁dram atically ▁threat ens ▁to ▁kill ▁himself ▁whenever ▁he ▁does ▁not ▁get ▁his ▁way . ▁Madame ▁M antal ini ▁is ▁much ▁older ▁than ▁her ▁husband ▁and ▁equally ▁pr one