# Jim Medland — Payment Deferred character guide

> Jim Medland in Payment Deferred by C. S. Forester.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** James Medland, young Medland

**First appearance:** 0005-vi

## Who they are

Winnie's husband and a member of the Medland family.

## Relationships

### [Mr. Marble](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/payment_deferred_se/characters/mr_marble)

_rivalry_

Jim Medland is a former friend or associate whom Mr. Marble murders for financial gain.

### [Annie Marble](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/payment_deferred_se/characters/annie_marble)

_social_

Annie knows Jim Medland as a family acquaintance, unaware of her father's murderous intentions toward him.

### [Mr. Marble](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/payment_deferred_se/characters/mr_marble)

_rivalry_

Jim Medland is a former friend or associate whom Mr. Marble murders for financial gain.

### [Annie Marble](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/payment_deferred_se/characters/annie_marble)

_social_

Annie knows Jim Medland as a family acquaintance, unaware of her father's murderous intentions toward him.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/payment_deferred_se/chapters/i)

The visiting nephew, well-off and well-dressed, feels out of place in the Marbles' poverty-stricken home and is subjected to Marble's probing questions.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/payment_deferred_se/chapters/ii)

Mentioned as the nephew who visited the previous night and may have helped with money.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/payment_deferred_se/chapters/iii)

Mentioned as the murdered nephew whose body is buried in the garden; his disappearance is noted as unremarkable.

### [Chapter XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/payment_deferred_se/chapters/xi)

Referenced as the victim whose death Annie now understands was murder by cyanide, with his body buried in the garden.

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