Theodore Laurence

Laurie lives next door to the March family with his grandfather, Mr. Laurence. Laurie is preparing to enter at Harvard and is being tutored by Mr. John Brooke. He is an attractive and charming young men, with black eyes and curly black hair.

Laurie's father had eloped with an Italian pianist and was disowned. Both his parents died young, and Laurie was sent to live with his grandfather.