# Harry Hawk — Love Among the Chickens character guide

> Harry Hawk in Love Among the Chickens by P. G. Wodehouse.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Hawk, Mr. Hawk, Mr. Harry Hawk, the unlucky Mr. Hawk, friend Hawk, miserable Hawk

**First appearance:** 0005-iv-the-arrival

## Snapshot

A local man lured into Ukridge's employ, whose brief career as a farmhand ends with the professor's wrath and Garnet's guilty conscience.

## Who they are

Hawk is a village laborer caught between Garnet's schemes and the professor's sense of propriety, a man whose livelihood depends on the whims of his betters. He becomes the unwitting instrument of a prank that nearly costs him his reputation and his custom. His fate is a small reminder that Ukridge's adventures have consequences beyond the farmyard.

## Relationships

### [Jane Muspratt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/love_among_the_chickens_se/characters/jane_muspratt)

_romantic_

Harry Hawk is romantically involved with Jane Muspratt, a local woman, though their relationship is complicated by his work for Ukridge.

### [Professor Derrick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/love_among_the_chickens_se/characters/professor_derrick)

_professional_

Harry Hawk works as a farmhand for Professor Derrick, and their relationship is that of employer and employee, with occasional tension.

### [Phyllis Derrick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/love_among_the_chickens_se/characters/phyllis_derrick)

_professional_

Harry Hawk works on the Derrick farm and has a respectful, subordinate relationship with Phyllis.

### [Jane Muspratt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/love_among_the_chickens_se/characters/jane_muspratt)

_romantic_

Harry Hawk is romantically involved with Jane Muspratt, a local woman, though their relationship is complicated by his work for Ukridge.

### [Phyllis Derrick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/love_among_the_chickens_se/characters/phyllis_derrick)

_professional_

Harry Hawk works on the Derrick farm and has a respectful, subordinate relationship with Phyllis.

### [Phyllis Derrick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/love_among_the_chickens_se/characters/phyllis_derrick)

_professional_

Harry Hawk works on the Derrick farm and has a respectful, subordinate relationship with Phyllis.

### [Jane Muspratt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/love_among_the_chickens_se/characters/jane_muspratt)

_romantic_

Harry Hawk is romantically involved with Jane Muspratt, a local woman, though their relationship is complicated by his work for Ukridge.

## In the story

### [X: I Enlist the Services of a Minion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/love_among_the_chickens_se/chapters/x-i-enlist-the-services-of-a-minion)

Gigantic boatman accompanying Professor Derrick; Garnet considers hiring him to help stage the rescue.

### [The Brave Preserver](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/love_among_the_chickens_se/chapters/xi-the-brave-preserver)

Executes the boat capsizing as part of the staged rescue, but is blamed by the professor and the crowd for the accident.

### [Tea and Tennis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/love_among_the_chickens_se/chapters/xiii-tea-and-tennis)

Discussed at length; Chase accuses him of deliberately capsizing the professor's boat, and Garnet's weak defense fails.

### [XV: The Arrival of Nemesis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/love_among_the_chickens_se/chapters/xv-the-arrival-of-nemesis)

Revealed by Jane Muspratt's letter as the boatman who capsized the boat for a sovereign; Garnet plans to confront him.

### [XVI: A Chance Meeting](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/love_among_the_chickens_se/chapters/xvi-a-chance-meeting)

Confronted by Garnet; explains he confessed to the professor due to public mockery and Jane Muspratt's rejection.

## Links

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