![]() ![]() His brother would spend the money frivolously and later send gifts to the family. His mother liked his brother more than him even though his brother was mean and would not allow anyone to touch the money he brought home from work. His father had been placed in an asylum and his brother worked as a railroad painter and was continuously covered in orange paint. He gave hints to where he had lived but no more. Parcival told George tales of himself and how he had been a reporter like George in some unknown town. Since, he had worked and slept in his dirty office, eating whatever Biff Carter, the lunch room owner, felt like serving him. He got into a fight his first night in town. Parcival had been in Winesburg five years since moving from Chicago. ![]() He was intent on making an acquaintance with George and would tell him long stories which George found very meaningful. He would smoke stogies and try to convince the boy to follow his advice. He took a liking to George Willard and would come visit him immediately after the owner of the paper, Will Henderson, went to the saloon. His eyes were peculiar, the left lid flapping like a window shade. Doctor Parcival was a fat, unkept man who had a practice with few patients in Winesburg and yet he always seemed to have enough money. ![]()
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