John Charity Spring and Miranda are both fictional character, who've previously appeared in Flashman novels. Spring is described as a large, cold man, with a scar across his forehead. He studied the classics at Oriel College, Oxford, before being expelled.
Spring's beautiful daughter, Miranda, lives Grahamstown. She is known as a flirt, and she is described as bright-eyed and mischievous, with a dark cream complexion and glossy black hair.
Flashman & the Angel of the Lord