# Mrs. Kear — The Survivors of the Chancellor character guide

> Mrs. Kear in The Survivors of the Chancellor by Jules Verne.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Mr. and Mrs. Kear, Kear

**First appearance:** 0001-ii

## Who they are

A wealthy, ailing American passenger whose fretful complaints and helplessness test the patience of everyone around her.

## Relationships

### [Robert Curtis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_survivors_of_the_chancellor_se/characters/robert_curtis)

_social_

Mrs. Kear, a demanding and selfish passenger, interacts with Curtis as a fellow survivor but often complains.

### [Miss Herbey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_survivors_of_the_chancellor_se/characters/miss_herbey)

_psychological_

Miss Herbey is essentially a servant to the demanding and abusive Mrs. Kear, enduring her mistreatment.

### [Robert Curtis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_survivors_of_the_chancellor_se/characters/robert_curtis)

_social_

Mrs. Kear, a demanding and selfish passenger, interacts with Curtis as a fellow survivor but often complains.

## In the story

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_survivors_of_the_chancellor_se/chapters/v)

From her cabin, she calls Miss Herbey back for a trivial service, preventing her from enjoying the view.

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_survivors_of_the_chancellor_se/chapters/xiii)

Mrs. Kear is brought on deck shrieking wildly as the fire reaches her cabin.

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

Lying senseless on a hen-coop; later placed in the whaleboat hanging from the stern.

### [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_survivors_of_the_chancellor_se/chapters/xviii)

Refuses to leave the ship and initially forbids Miss Herbey from joining the excursions.

### [XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_survivors_of_the_chancellor_se/chapters/xxv)

Initially refuses to leave the poop, but eventually joins the Letourneurs on the maintop in a state of prostration.

### [XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_survivors_of_the_chancellor_se/chapters/xxvi)

Prostrate with fever, unable to eat or drink, and only occasionally moistened by Miss Herbey; her husband does not attend to her.

## Links

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