Conrad Dryfoos

XI

Mentioned as Dryfoos's son who wanted to study for the ministry but was prevented; he will be the nominal publisher of Every Other Week.

VII

Talks with March about the magazine's potential to help people understand each other, and mentions his father's absence.

VIII

Mentioned in March's reflections; he answers the door for Fulkerson and Beaton, and is addressed by his mother during the visit.

I

Present during his father's visit, patiently endures his father's comments about his business training and earlier desire to be a preacher.

II

Quietly challenges his father's business ethics, suggesting that their enterprise does not cause others to lose.

III

Discussed by his parents: his desire to help the poor as a religious brother, his dissatisfaction with the magazine business, and his absence from home.

VIII

Reluctant to attend the musicale due to his religious meetings, he faces his father's harsh criticism for prioritizing the poor over family social obligations.

IX

Feels like a martyr to his family and experiences a tumult of emotion after the party, reflecting his spiritual and idealistic nature.

I

Resists being used as a figurehead for cooperative ideals; shows integrity and defiance toward his father.

VI

Quietly observes the dinner, showing gentle disapproval of the joking about serious subjects.

VII

Expresses sympathy with Lindau's radical Christian views, causing tension with his father and March.

VIII

Mentioned in March's account of a prior conversation; his sympathetic and principled nature is noted.

IV

Defends the striking workers' cause to his father, is struck and wounded, but remains calm and sorrowful.

V

Conrad meets Miss Vance, feels inspired by her sympathy for the strikers, and resolves to help. He is shot and killed during the riot.

VII

Conrad is remembered as unhappy and thwarted by his father's ambitions; his death is the central tragedy of the chapter.

IX

Conrad is remembered as having been killed in the strike, and his death is discussed as a loss.

Chapter X

Conrad's death and his diary of thoughts about Lindau's ideas haunt Dryfoos, motivating his wish to reconcile.

Chapter XI

Conrad is discussed as having suffered for the sins of others, echoing the doctrine of the Atonement.

XIII

His death is reported in the newspaper; Dryfoos wants Beaton to paint his portrait from photographs.

XIV

Deceased; his portrait is requested by his father; described as having a saintly, rustic quality and dying as a peacemaker during the strike.