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Dr. Stokes

A doctor at the McGurk Institute.

minor

Also known as Stokes

First appearance: I

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In I: Parish medical officer of St. Swithin who correctly identifies the plague and insists on acknowledging it, despite opposition from Inchcape Jones. Later, in III: Secretly writes to Dr. Max Gottlieb warning of the…

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RMRoss McGurkIHIra HinkleySRSir Robert Fai…ADAngus DuerMAMartin Arrowsm…DSDr. Stokes

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In this passage, Martin reaches his emotional and psychological peak by confronting his deepest fear—not of fa…

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