# Higgins — On a Chinese Screen character guide

> Higgins in On a Chinese Screen by W. Somerset Maugham.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0003-ii-my-lady-s-parlour

## Who they are

A minor character, possibly a servant or clerk.

## Relationships

### [The Taipan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/on_a_chinese_screen_se/characters/the_taipan)

_professional_

Higgins works under the Taipan as a clerk or subordinate, their interactions defined by business orders and hierarchical deference.

## In the story

### [XLIX: The Taipan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/on_a_chinese_screen_se/chapters/xlix-the-taipan)

Mentioned as a colleague who will go home in five or six years, after which the Taipan would take charge of the head office in Shanghai.

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