A stable owner. He is bitter about Alan's blinding of his horses and feels the boy should be in prison, not "in a hospital at the tax-payers' expense." Before the blinding incident, however, Dalton was extremely friendly and supportive of Alan when the boy came to work at his stable; he told Alan, "the main rule is: enjoy yourself."
A psychiatrist in his mid-forties. He reluctantly accepts Alan as a patient, persuaded by his lawyer friend Hester Salomon that there is something special about the boy. While Dysart is able to help the young man face his problems, the experience of analyzing Alan has a profound effect on Dysart's view of his own life as well. Alan's probing questions about Dysart's relationship with his wife—a Scottish dentist named Margaret—causes the.....
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