Doctor Sandy — Margaret Malcolm

"Now confess, isn't it pleasant just occasionally to be treated as if you were a charming feminine nit-wit who needs a strong arm to lean on?" Doctor Sandy Grey asked Marcia. In his professional capacity as a doctor -- and as something more than a friend -- he was concerned about the heavy responsibilities Marcia had taken upon her shoulders. But Marcia would not accept Doctor Sandy's point of view and believed that there was nothing she should not do for her nieces and nephews, even to the denying of her own heart. As a doctor, Sandy could not prevent Marcia from pursuing her policies, but were there not other methods by which he could achieve the same effect?