# Philip Hughes — Short Fiction character guide

> Philip Hughes in Short Fiction by Anthony Trollope.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Mr. Philip, Philip, Mr. Philip Hughes, young Hughes, Mr. Hughes, Hughes, poor young Philip Hughes

**First appearance:** 0110-v-dr-freeborn-and-philip-hughes

## Snapshot

A young man whose arrival at a seaside pension brings both joy and upheaval, caught between love and the expectations of family.

## Who they are

Philip appears suddenly at Avranches and in a single glance reassures Bessy that she has not been abandoned, his presence carrying news he cannot yet speak aloud. He moves with the easy confidence of someone who is loved, but his position is precarious — he is caught between his feelings for Bessy and the formidable will of Mrs. Miles, who controls the family fortune. His arrival sets the story's central question in motion: whether love can be brought into the open before duty smothers it.

## Relationships

### [Bessy Pryor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/characters/bessy_pryor)

_romantic_

Bessy Pryor and Philip Hughes are involved in a secretive, socially fraught romantic relationship.

### [Bessy Pryor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/characters/bessy_pryor)

_romantic_

Bessy Pryor and Philip Hughes are involved in a secretive, socially fraught romantic relationship.

### [Bessy Pryor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/characters/bessy_pryor)

_romantic_

Bessy Pryor and Philip Hughes are involved in a secretive, socially fraught romantic relationship.

## In the story

### [How Bessy Pryor Was Banished to Normandy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/vii-how-bessy-pryor-was-banished-to-normandy)

Bessy's lover, already departed; his rebellion led to his own banishment and reduced income.

### [I: The Two Girls](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/i-the-two-girls)

A promising young cashier in Mr. Greenmantle's bank, who is the object of Emily's affection but is deemed unsuitable by her father.

### [III: Mr. Greenmantle Is Much Perplexed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/iii-mr-greenmantle-is-much-perplexed)

The bank cashier and Emily's chosen suitor; Mr. Greenmantle views him as an interloper and considers him unworthy of his daughter.

### [V: Dr. Freeborn and Philip Hughes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/v-dr-freeborn-and-philip-hughes)

The young bank clerk and suitor to Emily, who is informed by Mr. Greenmantle of his departure and the likely separation.

### [The Young Ladies Are to Be Taken Abroad](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/vi-the-young-ladies-are-to-be-taken-abroad)

Forces his way into the Greenmantle drawing-room to see Emily before she is taken abroad; is discovered by Mr. Greenmantle and ordered out.

### [The Young Ladies Are to Remain at Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/vii-the-young-ladies-are-to-remain-at-home)

Anxiously inquires about Emily Greenmantle's health, suspected by Mr. Greenmantle of instigating the conspiracy.

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