# J. M. K. B. — The Mirror of the Sea character guide

> J. M. K. B. in The Mirror of the Sea by Joseph Conrad.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Poor J. M. K. B.

**First appearance:** 0064-the-heroic-age

## Who they are

A friend or acquaintance of the narrator, remembered with affection.

## Relationships

### [Don Carlos](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mirror_of_the_sea_se/characters/don_carlos)

_social_

Don Carlos and J. M. K. B. are acquaintances, possibly through political or social circles.

## In the story

### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mirror_of_the_sea_se/chapters/xix)

The second officer of the disabled steamer, who shows the narrator the chart of the ship's drift and admits to crying from the distress of the dead ship.

### [XLI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mirror_of_the_sea_se/chapters/xli)

The oldest member of the syndicate, a North Carolinian gentleman who lives by his sword and later dies in a Balkanian squabble.

### [XLII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mirror_of_the_sea_se/chapters/xlii)

Elegant and severe, he enters the salon after a Carlist success and is questioned by Doña Rita about his readiness to join the royal headquarters.

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