▁car ing ▁man ▁who ▁also ▁is ▁greatly ▁fond ▁of ▁F uchs ia ▁and ▁Tit us . ▁( In ▁a ▁few ▁places ▁in ▁the ▁text , ▁Dr . ▁Pr unes qu all or ▁is ▁given ▁the ▁first ▁name ▁of ▁Bernard , ▁but ▁this ▁was ▁an ▁error ▁by ▁Pe ake .) ▁Although ▁he ▁appears ▁at ▁first ▁to ▁be ▁fo pp ish ▁and ▁weak , ▁the ▁doctor ▁later ▁shows ▁himself ▁to ▁be ▁both ▁intellig ent ▁and ▁courage ous , ▁and ▁he ▁plays ▁an ▁important ▁role ▁in ▁defe ating ▁Ste er pi ke . ▁ ▁The ▁doctor ▁with ▁his ▁hy ena ▁laugh ▁and ▁his ▁b izar re ▁and ▁elegant ▁body , ▁his ▁cell ul oid ▁face . ▁His ▁main ▁defect s ? ▁The ▁ins uffer able ▁pitch ▁of ▁his ▁voice ; ▁his ▁mad den ing ▁laugh ▁and ▁his ▁affected ▁gest ures . ▁His ▁cardinal ▁virtue ? ▁An ▁und am aged ▁brain . ▁ ▁Ir ma ▁Pr unes qu all or : ▁Doctor ▁Pr unes qu all or ' s ▁sister . ▁Though ▁she ▁is ▁anything ▁but ▁pretty , ▁she ▁is ▁consider ably ▁vain . ▁She ▁des per ately ▁des ires ▁to ▁be ▁adm ired ▁and ▁loved ▁by ▁men . ▁She ▁becomes ▁rom ant ically ▁involved ▁with ▁Bell gro ve . ▁ ▁V ain ▁as ▁a ▁child , ▁thin ▁as ▁a ▁st ork ' s ▁leg , ▁and , ▁in ▁her ▁black ▁glass es , ▁blind ▁as ▁an ▁ow l ▁in ▁day light . ▁She ▁miss es ▁her ▁foot ing ▁on ▁the ▁social ▁lad der ▁at ▁least ▁three