Please note that characters are added as they reveal themselves and become part of the story.
The Melancholy Korean is a former derivatives trader living in New York. He loves Dante, James Joyce and Flaubert. He has studied French, German, Japanese, Sanskrit, and Hebrew, but of these languages, he remembers only, "avez-vous un cendrier?" Yes, he smokes. No, he doesn't know Korean.
Leon Badges is a painter, illustrator, draftsman, and cartoonist.
Barbara, Felicity's Mother
Prune
Dr. Ken Coffin
Broker Bill and his wife Kate
Mumbai
Rev Hezekiah Bartholomew Smith
Marco
Saturday, June 28, 2008 at 07:31AM in Sybil "Sybil, please."
"Who is this?"
"Sybil. I'm begging you."
"What are you begging, exactly?"
"I'm so lonely."
"Can't sleep, is it?"
(silence)
"I need to see you."
"Need or want, Melancholy? You used to lecture me on the difference, I remember. Such lovely times. You certainly know how to entertain a girl."
"Please."
"You're lonely, Melancholy?" 
"Get a dog."
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