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Chapters 23-28
New Characters:
Ned Plymdale: Rosamond's former suitor
Bambridge: the horse trader to whom Fred is in debt
Mrs. Garth: the educated wife of Caleb, mother of Mary and several other children, who takes in students to earn money for her own son, Alfred's, tuition
Diamond: the horse who lamed himself; Fred, his new owner, is unable to repay the debt for which Caleb co-signed
Wrench: the Vincy family doctor until Lydgate is called in to treat Fred
Caleb: Mrs. Garth's husband, Mary's father, and Featherstone's...
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