# Gurker — In the Days of the Comet character guide

> Gurker in In the Days of the Comet by H. G. Wells.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0004-i-dust-in-the-shadows

## Who they are

A wealthy financier and political figure in the old world.

## In the story

### [The Cabinet Council](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/iii-the-cabinet-council)

Chancellor of the Exchequer, a Jew who confesses the monstrous self-conceit of his race and their focus on property.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/i)

Chancellor of the Exchequer; confesses for his race, lamenting the Jewish role in consolidating property and lacking service to mankind.

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