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Dr. Savin's Sympathy For Murder

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Although Dr. Savin aids George Hamilton in the murder of Mary Bean, a heinous and vicious crime, one must feel sympathy for him once the murder has occurred. The Doctor's appearance changes "from the hardy, daring, and reckless villain, to the trembling and affrightened novice that quakes" (pg 143); showing a guilty conscious for his act make it easier for the reader to be sympathetic. Further physical and mental changes afflict the doctor as he deals with a guilty conscious; "it's my mind...my conscious" (pg152). The guilt makes Savin much less an angel of death and, perhaps, also a victim. The Doctor makes it clear he was not cut out for murder: "I can rob or steal without any particular qualms of conscious, but when it comes to murder, I
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