# Mr. Hudig — The Mirror of the Sea character guide

> Mr. Hudig in The Mirror of the Sea by Joseph Conrad.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the good Hudig

**First appearance:** 0037-rulers-of-east-and-west

## Who they are

A merchant and shipowner in the Eastern seas, known for his shrewdness.

## Relationships

### [Captain B⸺](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mirror_of_the_sea_se/characters/captain_b)

_professional_

Captain B⸺ and Mr. Hudig have a single professional interaction, likely business-related.

## In the story

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mirror_of_the_sea_se/chapters/xiv)

The big, swarthy Netherlander charterer who cordially evades the narrator's demands for cargo by talking about the weather.

### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mirror_of_the_sea_se/chapters/xv)

The good Hudig, a diplomat-like figure in Amsterdam, who suggested the narrator might be appointed captain.

### [The Grip of the Land](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mirror_of_the_sea_se/chapters/the-grip-of-the-land)

Referenced as a ship-chandler who, like others, engages in dishonest practices with ships' stores, embodying the land's corrupting influence.

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