# Miss Watkin — Of Human Bondage character guide

> Miss Watkin in Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Henrietta Watkin, Henrietta

**First appearance:** 0002-iii

## Who they are

A friend of Aunt Louisa in Blackstable.

## In the story

### [The Day Breaks Gray and Dull](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/of_human_bondage_se/chapters/i)

Philip's godmother, mentioned as the one who will take him in after his mother's death.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/of_human_bondage_se/chapters/ii)

Henrietta Watkin, Philip's godmother, is overcome with grief at the funeral and speaks of Philip's mother as her greatest friend.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/of_human_bondage_se/chapters/v)

A friend who scolded Mrs. Carey for having the photographs taken and later explained the story to Mr. Carey.

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