# Payment Deferred — Character guide

> Key figures in Payment Deferred by C. S. Forester.

- [Mr. Marble](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/payment_deferred_se/characters/mr_marble.md): A respectable man whose financial troubles lead him to desperate measures.
- [Annie Marble](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/payment_deferred_se/characters/annie_marble.md): Mr. Marble's daughter, a young woman caught in family turmoil.
- [Mrs. Marble](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/payment_deferred_se/characters/mrs_marble.md): Mr. Marble's wife, a fragile woman struggling with her husband's secrets.
- [Winnie Medland](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/payment_deferred_se/characters/winnie_medland.md): The Marbles' daughter who marries into the Medland family.
- [Saunders](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/payment_deferred_se/characters/saunders.md): A colleague of Mr. Marble who becomes entangled in his schemes.
- [Will](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/payment_deferred_se/characters/will.md): A young man romantically linked to Annie Marble.
- [Collins](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/payment_deferred_se/characters/collins.md): A friend or acquaintance of the Marble family.
- [Dr. Atkinson](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/payment_deferred_se/characters/dr_atkinson.md): A physician who attends to the Marble household.
- [Madame Collins](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/payment_deferred_se/characters/madame_collins.md): A mysterious woman connected to Collins.
- [Jim Medland](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/payment_deferred_se/characters/jim_medland.md): Winnie's husband and a member of the Medland family.
- [Mr. Henderson](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/payment_deferred_se/characters/mr_henderson.md): An acquaintance of the Marbles with a minor role.
- [Netley](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/payment_deferred_se/characters/netley.md): A young man who appears briefly in the story.
- [Evans](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/payment_deferred_se/characters/evans.md): A minor character with limited appearances.
- [Crippen](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/payment_deferred_se/characters/crippen.md): A historical name-drop with no narrative role.

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