Peter Keith

Wully McLaughlin

Peter Keith is a persistent antagonist to Wully, creating tension and opposition in their interactions.

Chirstie

Chirstie is caught in a manipulative and obsessive dynamic with Peter Keith, who exerts control over her.

John Keith

John and Peter Keith are brothers, bound by blood but often complicit in each other's schemes.

Isobel McLaughlin

Isobel McLaughlin views Peter Keith with deep suspicion and hostility, seeing him as a threat to her family.

Chirstie

Chirstie is caught in a manipulative and obsessive dynamic with Peter Keith, who exerts control over her.

Wully McLaughlin

Peter Keith is a persistent antagonist to Wully, creating tension and opposition in their interactions.

John Keith

John and Peter Keith are brothers, bound by blood but often complicit in each other's schemes.

Wully McLaughlin

Peter Keith is a persistent antagonist to Wully, creating tension and opposition in their interactions.

Isobel McLaughlin

Isobel McLaughlin views Peter Keith with deep suspicion and hostility, seeing him as a threat to her family.

Chirstie

Chirstie is caught in a manipulative and obsessive dynamic with Peter Keith, who exerts control over her.

The Homecoming

Not directly present in this chapter.

III

Mentioned as playing in the barn; also referenced by Aunt Libby who initially mistakes Wully for Peter.

V

Revealed as Chirstie's seducer; he flees from Wully's wrath and suggests Wully marry her.

VI

Mentioned as having disappeared; Wully lies to Aunt Libby about his departure.

Chapter VII

Wully curses him, blaming him for the situation.

IX

Aunt Libby's missing son, revealed to be the father of Chirstie's baby. His disappearance and his mother's frantic search are central to the chapter.

XIV

The hidden antagonist who assaulted Chirstie; Wully searches for him in the grasses but cannot find him.

XV

Reported seen the night before but has vanished; his disappearance triggers a desperate search.

XVI

Peter is the missing man; the search is for him, and his unusual quietness at O'Brien's is noted.

XVIII

Missing; the subject of the intense search, presumed dead or alive by different characters.

XXI

Dying from a hemorrhage in a livery stable; the chapter revolves around the decision of whether to bring him home.

XXII

Lies dying in the wagon, covered by a blanket; lifts his head to see Chirstie's smile at Wully, provoking Wully's pity.