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Mr. Craven's cousin and the doctor who, for the last several years, has been caring for Colin. He dismisses the London doctor’s opinion that Colin is fine but needs fresh air in massive quantities; instead, Dr. Craven encourages Colin to stay in bed. While he never treats Colin poorly as far as the reader can tell, Dr. Craven does stand to inherit Misselthwaite if Colin dies and so has reason to not want Colin to become well. He's as perplexed as anyone else when Colin begins to improve, and Colin is only marginally successful at hiding his improvement from the doctor.
Dr. Craven Quotes in The Secret Garden
The The Secret Garden quotes below are all either spoken by Dr. Craven or refer to Dr. Craven. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 19 Quotes
The scene which Dr. Craven beheld when he entered his patient's room was indeed rather astonishing to him. As Mrs. Medlock opened the door he heard laughing and chattering. Colin was on his sofa in his dressing-gown and he was sitting up quite straight looking at a picture in one of the garden books and talking to the plain child who at that moment could scarcely be called plain at all because her face was so glowing with enjoyment.
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When Dr. Craven visits Colin the day after Colin's tantrum, he's shocked to see that Colin is up and looks well—Colin is usually pale, refuses to sit up, and is in a dreadfully sour mood. Though Dr. Craven doesn't make the connection in a clear way, the reader has by now been led to believe that Colin looks so well both because he's now friends with Mary. In the same vein, Mary looks so well and pretty because she's now friends with Colin, which reminds the reader that developing friendships like this benefits everyone involved. Further, the fact that they're Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa.
"I don't want to remember," interrupted the Rajah, appearing again. "When I lie by myself and remember I begin to have pains everywhere and I think of things that make me scream because I hate them so. If there was a doctor anywhere who could make you forget you were ill instead of remembering it I would have him brought here."
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As Dr. Craven reminds Colin that he needs to remember that he's ill and not overextend himself, Colin imperiously informs the doctor that thinking about his illness makes him feel even sicker. The fact that Colin can make this connection shows that he now understands the power of his thoughts to actually change things in the world and within his own body. He recognizes that by thinking about his illness he feels sicker, while when he thinks about things other than his illness, he feels better. This begins to render Dr. Craven somewhat unnecessary; what neither Dr. Craven nor Colin Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam of
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Dr. Craven Character Timeline in The Secret Garden
The timeline below shows where the character Dr. Craven appears in The Secret Garden. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 14
...unsympathetic and says that she doesn't want Colin to die. Colin insists that everyone, especially Dr. Craven and the servants, want him to die. Mary asks what the London doctor said. Colin...
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...Colin notes that they're cousins. This makes them laugh even more and as they do, Dr. Craven and Mrs. Medlock walk in. The adults look shocked, but Colin calmly introduces Mary to...
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After the adults confer in the hallway, Dr. Craven reminds Colin to not forget that he's ill and easily tired. Colin tells him that...
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Chapter 19
As usual, Dr. Craven calls on Colin the day after the tantrum. He usually finds Colin white and ready...
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When Dr. Craven hears that Dickon is the one who will push Colin's wheelchair, he visibly relaxes. He...
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Chapter 20
Later, the nurse gets Colin ready. Dr. Craven tells the nurse that he wishes she could go with him, but the nurse refuses...
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Chapter 23
Dr. Craven is relieved when Mary, Colin, and Dickon return. When Colin announces that he's going out...
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...return to the tree, Colin declares that he's made his first scientific discovery—but says that Dr. Craven and the household aren't to know about it. He doesn't want people whispering and doesn't...
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Chapter 24
...and Mary find the whole thing highly entertaining. They get annoyed when the nurse and Dr. Craven ask too many questions, and one morning, Colin suggests that his appetite is bad and...
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...start sending their meals back, much to the confusion of the nurse, Mrs. Medlock, and Dr. Craven .
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When Dr. Craven sees Colin after a two-week break, he notices that Colin looks well and perfectly normal....
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