# Arthur Potts — Decline and Fall character guide

> Arthur Potts in Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Potts

**First appearance:** 0002-part-i-ii-llanabba-castle

## Who they are

A fellow schoolmaster at Llanabba, a socialist.

## Relationships

### [Paul Pennyfeather](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/decline_and_fall_se/characters/paul_pennyfeather)

_friendship_

Potts is a fellow Oxford student and later a colleague, offering Paul a mild, bookish friendship and moral support.

### [Paul Pennyfeather](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/decline_and_fall_se/characters/paul_pennyfeather)

_friendship_

Potts is a fellow Oxford student and later a colleague, offering Paul a mild, bookish friendship and moral support.

### [Paul Pennyfeather](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/decline_and_fall_se/characters/paul_pennyfeather)

_friendship_

Potts is a fellow Oxford student and later a colleague, offering Paul a mild, bookish friendship and moral support.

## In the story

### [Conduct](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/decline_and_fall_se/chapters/part-i-vi-conduct)

Writes to Paul about the £20 from Trumpington and shares his views on education and morality.

### [II: Interlude in Belgravia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/decline_and_fall_se/chapters/part-ii-ii-interlude-in-belgravia)

Dines with Paul, discusses Professor Silenus and King's Thursday, and shares news of his League of Nations job.

### [Resurrection](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/decline_and_fall_se/chapters/part-ii-iv-resurrection)

Visits Paul under the pretense of seeing the house, but is actually investigating Grimes for the League of Nations.

### [V: The Latin-American Entertainment Co. Ltd.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/decline_and_fall_se/chapters/part-ii-v-the-latin-american-entertainment-co-ltd)

Mentioned by Margot as being seen across the street, though Paul doubts it.

### [VI: A Hitch in the Wedding Preparations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/decline_and_fall_se/chapters/part-ii-vi-a-hitch-in-the-wedding-preparations)

Potts declines being best man via letter from Geneva. He later meets Paul in Marseilles, but Paul avoids discussing the League of Nations with him.

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