# Mr. Lawrence Carmine — Mr. Britling Sees It Through character guide

> Mr. Lawrence Carmine in Mr. Britling Sees It Through by H. G. Wells.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mr. Carmine, Carmine, Captain Carmine, Captain Lawrence Carmine

**First appearance:** 0002-1

## Who they are

A military officer and acquaintance of the Britlings.

## In the story

### [II: Mr. Britling Continues His Exposition](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_britling_sees_it_through_se/chapters/ii-mr-britling-continues-his-exposition)

Mentioned as a student of Oriental questions associated with the Essex County Council; appears briefly with Teddy.

### [§ 3](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_britling_sees_it_through_se/chapters/3)

Not directly present but referenced as part of the governing class; Mr. Britling mentions Philbert from the Home Office.

### [§ 7](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_britling_sees_it_through_se/chapters/7)

Appears from a walk with the elder son, discusses Utopias with Miss Corner, noting the absence of Indian and Chinese Utopias.

### [§ 3](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_britling_sees_it_through_se/chapters/3)

Arrives by automobile with two Indians and a former prospector.

### [§ 4](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_britling_sees_it_through_se/chapters/4)

Keeps goal for Mr. Direck's team, wearing braces with Oriental embroidery.

### [§ 2](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_britling_sees_it_through_se/chapters/2)

Drops in and recites 'The Mistletoe Bough' ballad, then gossips with Britling about the Brahmo Samaj.

### [I: Onlookers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_britling_sees_it_through_se/chapters/i-onlookers)

A guest who joins Mr. Britling for lunch, expressing skepticism about the war's benefits and discussing its potential duration.

### [§ 6](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_britling_sees_it_through_se/chapters/6)

Despondent and worried, he cannot work and expresses doubt about the war, contrasting with Mr. Britling's optimism.

### [§ 7](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_britling_sees_it_through_se/chapters/7)

Debates with Mr. Britling about the location of a future world court and predicts a long war.

### [§ 8](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_britling_sees_it_through_se/chapters/8)

Joins Mr. Britling in repetitive discussions about the war.

### [§ 9](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_britling_sees_it_through_se/chapters/9)

Present at tea when Aunt Wilshire expresses her views on the war.

### [§ 10](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_britling_sees_it_through_se/chapters/10)

Offers mock instructions to the marchers, telling them to keep stiffer and watch the zeppelins.

### [II: Taking Part](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_britling_sees_it_through_se/chapters/ii-taking-part)

Reveals he is suffering from nervous shock after discovering a soldier mangled by a train while guarding a tunnel; his sleeves were soaked with blood.

### [§ 3](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_britling_sees_it_through_se/chapters/3)

Now a captain in khaki, in charge of a volunteer force; appears white and jaded, troubled by the war.

### [§ 4](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_britling_sees_it_through_se/chapters/4)

Describes his traumatic experience of finding a soldier killed by a train, which has left him with a nervous shock and sleeplessness.

### [§ 6](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_britling_sees_it_through_se/chapters/6)

Captain Carmine appears in Mr. Britling's memory, dragging a horrible, loose, wet, and warm mass up a railway embankment.

### [§ 16](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_britling_sees_it_through_se/chapters/16)

Sits with Mr. Britling, listens, and offers a brief, philosophical remark about sadness across the ages.

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