# Mr. Van der Pant — Mr. Britling Sees It Through character guide

> Mr. Van der Pant in Mr. Britling Sees It Through by H. G. Wells.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** a Mr.  Van der Pant, der Pant, Van der Pant

**First appearance:** 0002-1

## Who they are

A Dutch visitor or acquaintance, part of the intellectual circle.

## In the story

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

A Belgian refugee who openly criticizes British inefficiency, slow workmen, poor roads, and lack of cafés, provoking Mr. Britling's defensive patriotism.

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

Belgian refugee from Antwerp, separated from his family, later reunited; shares vivid accounts of the bombardment.

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

A Belgian refugee who criticizes British inefficiency, slow postal service, poor roads, and lack of cafés, provoking Britling's defensive patriotism.

### [§ 11](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_britling_sees_it_through_se/chapters/11)

Finds a job in Nottingham and moves his family away from Matching's Easy before Christmas.

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

Mr. Van der Pant describes incidents of death and mutilation in Antwerp, including the shooting of women by Germans.

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

Appears in a photograph at the front door wearing Heinrich's abandoned slippers.

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