# Horrocks — The Wonderful Visit character guide

> Horrocks in The Wonderful Visit by H. G. Wells.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0025-xxiv-the-angel-explores-the-village

## Who they are

A local man who appears in the village scenes.

## Relationships

### [The Vicar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wonderful_visit_se/characters/the_vicar)

_professional_

Horrocks is the Vicar's servant, loyal but bewildered by the strange events surrounding the Angel.

### [Sir John Gotch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wonderful_visit_se/characters/sir_john_gotch)

_professional_

Horrocks serves Sir John Gotch as a groundskeeper, and is caught between his master's orders and the Vicar's requests.

### [Sir John Gotch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wonderful_visit_se/characters/sir_john_gotch)

_professional_

Horrocks serves Sir John Gotch as a groundskeeper, and is caught between his master's orders and the Vicar's requests.

### [The Vicar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wonderful_visit_se/characters/the_vicar)

_professional_

Horrocks is the Vicar's servant, loyal but bewildered by the strange events surrounding the Angel.

### [The Vicar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wonderful_visit_se/characters/the_vicar)

_professional_

Horrocks is the Vicar's servant, loyal but bewildered by the strange events surrounding the Angel.

## In the story

### [XXXVIII: The Trouble of the Barbed Wire](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wonderful_visit_se/chapters/xxxviii-the-trouble-of-the-barbed-wire)

The village constable who investigates the barbed wire incident, confirms the Angel's guilt, and warns the Vicar of Sir John Gotch's anger.

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