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Robert Marshall
Robert Francis Marshall, the youngest boy in the Marshall family, never enjoyed living on Belleterre and always wanted to leave. He
attended an eastern boarding school for three years and already has plans to attend Harvard University. He didn't want toreturn home
for the summer, but did so because his entire family insisted. Nearly eighteen, he's ready to strike out on his own. Robert is tall and
lean with brown hair, fair skin, and light blue eyes. He hates getting his hands dirty and doing work that will involve sweating.
Gabe Hewitt
Gabe Hewitt was raised in an average family in the east. He worked in a pharmacy while attending high school and later medical
school to pay for his education. He worked hard and studied hard and eventually became a surgeon. Marrying when he was
twenty-nine and had two children, Steven and Louisa. He worked for the Union army in
the War, achieving the rank of captain. He made good contacts and found well-to-do families owing him a favor for saving their son.
After the war, he worked in a hospital in Boston until the transcontinental railway opened up. During this time, his wife died. He was
then offered one quarter ownership in a hospital in San Francisco, plus a substantial salary. He acceptedthe position right away. Gabe
met Georgie Randall when he ordered a new wardrobe made for Louisa's fourteenth birthday. After their
first meeting, Gabe began seeing more and more of Georgie. Gabe is of medium height and is quite husky. He has brown hair with
whisps of grey over his ears, hazel eyes, and a moustache.
Steven Hewitt
Steven is the teenage son of Gabe Hewitt. He greatly admires his father and wants to be a surgeon, too. He has
one more year of school left, and then he plans to go to medical college. Steven works part-time at Gabe's office and sometimes helps
examine patients. He is tall and lean, towering six inches over his father. He has brown eyes, sandy-colored hair, and reading glasses.
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