... the Colonel the house was passed down and inhabited by four people, one of whom isn't a Pyncheon. These characters include Phoebe, a young country girl with spirit, Clifford, a feeble-minded old gentleman, Holgrave, a young daguerrotypist, and Hepzibah, the matriarch forced to earn her living in a small cent-shop. All of these characters are bound by two things: the foreboding curse of the ... others roles such as Hepzibah's but can't create a role of his own worth pursuing. He is almost a child amongst adults. Without Hepzibah he would probably perish. If one had to define his role in ...

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