# Karl Yundt — The Secret Agent character guide

> Karl Yundt in The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Yundt, Karl Yundts

**First appearance:** 0003-i

## Who they are

An elderly, toothless anarchist who talks of violence but is inactive.

## Relationships

### [Mr. Verloc](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_agent_se/characters/mr_verloc)

_professional_

Yundt is an aging, bitter anarchist who associates with Verloc in the revolutionary circle.

### [Mr. Verloc](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_agent_se/characters/mr_verloc)

_professional_

Yundt is an aging, bitter anarchist who associates with Verloc in the revolutionary circle.

## In the story

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

Mentioned by Mrs. Verloc as a 'disgusting old man' whose talk of eating flesh and drinking blood upset Stevie.

### [Chapter IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_agent_se/chapters/iv)

Referenced by the Professor as an example of anarchists who talk and plot but do nothing.

### [Chapter IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_agent_se/chapters/ix)

Mentioned by Mrs. Verloc as a 'nasty old man' she abhors.

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