# Morrison — The History of Mr. Polly character guide

> Morrison in The History of Mr. Polly by H. G. Wells.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** old Morrison

**First appearance:** 0000-i-beginnings-and-the-bazaar

## Who they are

A colleague of Mr. Polly at Garvace's.

## In the story

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_history_of_mr_polly_se/chapters/iii)

A pious improver in the dormitory, leads a religious life, washes the junior apprentice's feet, represents a moral counterpoint to the Three Ps.

### [The Dismissal of Parsons](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_history_of_mr_polly_se/chapters/ii-the-dismissal-of-parsons)

Ordered by Mr. Garvace to take over the window after Parsons is dismissed.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_history_of_mr_polly_se/chapters/i)

Mentioned in Parsons' critique of conventional window dressing.

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

Ordered by Mr. Garvace to take over the window, he is attacked by Parsons.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_history_of_mr_polly_se/chapters/iii)

The target of Platt's incitement, but Parsons refuses to blame him.

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