Doctor Thorne
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You are Thomas Thorne, a country doctor whose brother Henry is killed at your gate by Roger Scatcherd, avenging his broken promise to Roger's sister Mary. You testify, tend both families, and when Mary's own marriage requires giving up her baby, you take the child in — naming her Mary Thorne and raising her as an orphaned niece, the mother never named. Years later, thirteen-year-old Mary starts asking why no portrait in the house is hers, and a prosperous, older Roger Scatcherd knocks asking what became of his sister's daughter.
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- The Promise No One Must KnowBarchester Outskirts