# The Doctor — North of Boston character guide

> The Doctor in North of Boston by Robert Frost.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** the doctor, The Doctor, The doctor, yourself, your

**First appearance:** 0006-a-hundred-collars

## Snapshot

A physician whose bedside manner is tested by a broken man, a hovering lawyer, and a family quarrel over money and flowers.

## Who they are

The Doctor attends the injured man and finds himself caught between a lawyer eager to close a settlement and a relative, Willis, who smells a dishonest trick. He is cautious, professional, and visibly reluctant to take sides, yet his few words carry weight in the room. His presence turns a domestic scene into a quiet reckoning over injury, compensation, and who gets to decide what a body is worth.

## Relationships

### [Lafe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/north_of_boston_se/characters/lafe)

_friendship_

Lafe and the Doctor share a close, bantering friendship with frequent interactions suggesting mutual respect and camaraderie.

### [Jemima](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/north_of_boston_se/characters/jemima)

_professional_

Jemima and the Doctor have a professional relationship, likely as patient and physician or housekeeper and employer.

### [Lafe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/north_of_boston_se/characters/lafe)

_friendship_

Lafe and the Doctor share a close, bantering friendship with frequent interactions suggesting mutual respect and camaraderie.

### [Jemima](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/north_of_boston_se/characters/jemima)

_professional_

Jemima and the Doctor have a professional relationship, likely as patient and physician or housekeeper and employer.

## In the story

### [A Hundred Collars](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/north_of_boston_se/chapters/a-hundred-collars)

Doctor Magoon, a reserved scholar and teacher, reluctantly shares a room with Lafe and is uncomfortable with Lafe's familiarity and physicality.

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