# Sennacherib Pepper — Doctor Syn character guide

> Sennacherib Pepper in Doctor Syn by Russell Thorndike.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Sennacherib, Pepper, old Sennacherib Pepper, Doctor Pepper, old Sennacherib, old Pepper, Poor old Sennacherib, Doctor Sennacherib Pepper, the inoffensive Pepper

**First appearance:** 0000-i-dymchurch-under-the-wall

## Who they are

The Marsh's hard-drinking physician, whose dark tales of witches and fiery steeds make him both the squire's favorite joke and the village's uneasy oracle.

## In the story

### [VII: Clegg the Buccaneer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/chapters/vii-clegg-the-buccaneer)

Tells tales of devils and witches on the Marsh; leaves for a lonely walk home.

### [Dogging the Schoolmaster](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/chapters/viii-dogging-the-schoolmaster)

Mentioned as crossing the churchyard; Doctor Syn calls out to him.

### [IX: The End of Sennacherib Pepper](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/chapters/ix-the-end-of-sennacherib-pepper)

The physician, trusting and unsuspecting, is led to his death after seeing ghostly riders and questioning his own soul.

### [X: Doctor Syn Gives Some Advice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/chapters/x-doctor-syn-gives-some-advice)

Murdered; his body is carried back on a shutter.

### [XI: The Courthouse Inquiry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/chapters/xi-the-courthouse-inquiry)

The murdered man; his corpse is brought from the Marsh on a shutter, and his death is the subject of the inquiry.

### [The End of the Inquiry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/chapters/xiii-the-end-of-the-inquiry)

The victim of the murder under investigation.

### [XXV: The Sexton Speaks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/chapters/xxv-the-sexton-speaks)

One of the two bodies awaiting burial in the churchyard, referenced in Collyer's count of coffins.

### [Holding the Pulpit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/chapters/xxxvi-holding-the-pulpit)

Mentioned as having been murdered by Rash under Syn's orders.

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/characters/sennacherib_pepper
- Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se
- All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/characters