# H⸺ B⸺ — The Journal of a Disappointed Man character guide

> H⸺ B⸺ in The Journal of a Disappointed Man by W. N. P. Barbellion.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** H⸺, B⸺, A Confession H⸺ B⸺

**First appearance:** 0003-part-i-at-home

## Who they are

A person connected to a confession or significant event in the narrative.

## In the story

### [Part I: At Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_journal_of_a_disappointed_man_se/chapters/part-i-at-home)

H⸺ carts the narrator down from the Attic to the Lower Bedroom when he is ill with measles.

### [Part II: In London](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_journal_of_a_disappointed_man_se/chapters/part-ii-in-london)

Invites Barbellion to tea to meet his fiancée but fails to show up.

### [Part III: Marriage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_journal_of_a_disappointed_man_se/chapters/part-iii-marriage)

Sent an affectionate letter that warmed the narrator's heart.

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