Eucrasia Arcanum

Mrs Arcanum is the strict but fair landlady at Mrs Eucrasia Arcanum's Lodging House for Respectable Working Men.

Her lodgers include:

• William de Worde
• Mr Mackleduff
• Mr Prone
• Mr Windling
• Mr Longshaft
• Mr Cartwright
• Mr Trespass Hatchcock (should disaster befall the Post Office, the Royal Bank or both.)