Victory · Character

Morrison

Heyst's former business partner who died after their coal venture failed.

minor

Also known as the haggard Morrison, Poor Morrison, Captain Morrison, old Morrison

First appearance: Part I

Morrison's tie to Axel Heyst is one of the pressures that moves Victory—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.

Heyst's acquaintance in Timor; their meeting leads to the ill-fated Tropical Belt Coal Company.

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With Axel Heyst (friendship): Morrison was Heyst's former business partner and friend, whose death left Heyst with a sense of guilt and isolation. With Lena (social): Lena never met Morrison, but his memory influences Heyst's story and her understanding of his past. With Axel Heyst (friendship): Morrison was Heyst's former business partner and friend, whose death left Heyst with a sense of guilt and isolation.

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Axel Heyst
friendship · positive
Morrison was Heyst's former business partner and friend, whose death left Heyst with a… How this plays out →
Lena
social · ambivalent
Axel Heyst
friendship · positive
Morrison was Heyst's former business partner and friend, whose death left Heyst with a… How this plays out →
Axel Heyst
friendship · positive
Morrison was Heyst's former business partner and friend, whose death left Heyst with a… How this plays out →
Lena
social · ambivalent

Axel Heyst
Morrison was Heyst's former business partner and friend, whose death left Heyst with a sense of guilt and isolation.
Lena
Lena never met Morrison, but his memory influences Heyst's story and her understanding of his past.
Axel Heyst
Morrison was Heyst's former business partner and friend, whose death left Heyst with a sense of guilt and isolation.
Axel Heyst
Morrison was Heyst's former business partner and friend, whose death left Heyst with a sense of guilt and isolation.
Lena
Lena never met Morrison, but his memory influences Heyst's story and her understanding of his past.

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Part I
Heyst's acquaintance in Timor; their meeting leads to the ill-fated Tropical Belt Coal Company.
III
Morrison's gratitude leads to Heyst's partnership; he returns to England to promote the coal venture, catches a cold, and dies.
IV
Morrison is mentioned as deceased, and the shadow of his death still rests on Heyst's eyes.
Chapter VII
Referenced in Schomberg's accusation that Heyst squeezed him dry and scared him off to Europe to die.
VIII
Referenced by Schomberg as a victim of Heyst's supposed swindling and murder.
III
Heyst recalls his encounter with Morrison in Timor, describing the tie he formed and the subsequent boredom.
IV
Morrison is recalled as Heyst's friend and partner in the coal venture, a sensitive man with a mind like a white-walled chamber, now deceased.
V
Mentioned in the context of the calumny that Heyst supposedly murdered him.
Chapter XI
Morrison is referenced by Mr. Jones as Heyst's former partner, used to taunt Heyst.

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