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Dr. Robert Matheson

A doctor who investigates the Terror.

minor

Also known as Dr. Matheson, Robert Matheson, Robert, Dr. Somebody

First appearance: the terror

Dr. Robert Matheson shows up with force in The Fragments. The page is where that presence becomes real.

His posthumous manuscript provides a clinical account of witnessing Helen's dissolution.
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MAMaryMCMr. ClarkeMVMr. VilliersMDMrs. DarnellMMMiss Mary Reyn…DRDr. Robert Matheson

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Character groups

  • White People Narratives
  • Supernatural and Terror Investigators
  • Protagonist

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The emotional peak occurs when the soldier awakens to a profound sense of "delicious ease," "assurance of comf…

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