# Mr. Carlyon — The Man Within character guide

> Mr. Carlyon in The Man Within by Graham Greene.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Carlyon, Only Carlyon

**First appearance:** 0002-the-man-within

## Who they are

The charismatic smuggler leader whose voice and companionship haunt Andrews as the standard of courage he cannot reach.

## In the story

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

The unnamed pursuer Andrews fears, whose face he imagines in the dark.

### [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_man_within_se/chapters/part-i-ii)

Mentioned by Andrews as a figure he fears; Andrews imagines he would grovel if Carlyon appeared.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_man_within_se/chapters/part-i-iii)

Mentioned as a threat; Andrews fears Carlyon's quick pursuit and decides to keep walking in the fog.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_man_within_se/chapters/part-i-iv)

Arrives at the cottage searching for Andrews; reveals his hatred and his willingness to kill, as recalled by Andrews.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_man_within_se/chapters/part-ii-ix)

Andrews' former friend and now enemy; remembered through flashbacks as a romantic, courageous figure.

### [Chapter XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_man_within_se/chapters/part-iii-xi)

Carlyon sits silently at the table facing Elizabeth's body, with a pistol on the table, after her death.

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