# Mrs. Hussey — Moby-Dick character guide

> Mrs. Hussey in Moby-Dick by Herman Melville.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0018-xv-chowder

## Who they are

The landlady of the Try Pots Inn in Nantucket, who serves Ishmael and Queequeg excellent clam and cod chowder.

## In the story

### [Breakfast](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moby_dick_se/chapters/v-breakfast)

Implied to be running the establishment where the breakfast is served, though not directly quoted in this excerpt.

### [XIII: Wheelbarrow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moby_dick_se/chapters/xiii-wheelbarrow)

Implied as the 'grinning landlord' (though Peter Coffin is named earlier) who is tickled by Ishmael and Queequeg's friendship.

### [XIV: Nantucket](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moby_dick_se/chapters/xiv-nantucket)

Associated with Nantucket as the proprietor of the Try Pots inn.

### [Chowder](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moby_dick_se/chapters/xv-chowder)

The formidable proprietor of the Try Pots who manages the inn, serves chowder, and enforces the 'no harpoons' rule.

### [The Ramadan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moby_dick_se/chapters/xvii-the-ramadan)

The landlady who reacts with comic pragmatism to the crisis, worrying about her property and counterpanes.

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