Beryl Gilliatt

In the short story The Harlequin Tea Set, Beryl Gilliatt (previously Eden) is the widow of Christopher Eden. The pair has a son. After the death of her first husband, she married his widowed friend. They continued to live in Kenya. When they left Kenya they accepted the invitation by Tom Addison to come and stay at Doverton Kingsbourne. Despite Tom being the father of her husband's first wife, Beryl still calls him her father-in-law.

Mrs Gilliatt has auburn hair, with just a touch of grey.