# Morrison — Victory character guide

> Morrison in Victory by Joseph Conrad.

**Role:** minor

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

**First appearance:** 0004-victory

## Who they are

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

## Relationships

### [Axel Heyst](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_se/characters/axel_heyst)

_friendship_

Morrison was Heyst's former business partner and friend, whose death left Heyst with a sense of guilt and isolation.

### [Lena](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_se/characters/lena)

_social_

Lena never met Morrison, but his memory influences Heyst's story and her understanding of his past.

### [Axel Heyst](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_se/characters/axel_heyst)

_friendship_

Morrison was Heyst's former business partner and friend, whose death left Heyst with a sense of guilt and isolation.

### [Axel Heyst](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_se/characters/axel_heyst)

_friendship_

Morrison was Heyst's former business partner and friend, whose death left Heyst with a sense of guilt and isolation.

### [Lena](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_se/characters/lena)

_social_

Lena never met Morrison, but his memory influences Heyst's story and her understanding of his past.

## In the story

### [Part I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_se/chapters/victory)

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

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_se/chapters/part-i-iii)

Morrison's gratitude leads to Heyst's partnership; he returns to England to promote the coal venture, catches a cold, and dies.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_se/chapters/part-i-iv)

Morrison is mentioned as deceased, and the shadow of his death still rests on Heyst's eyes.

### [Chapter VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_se/chapters/part-i-vii)

Referenced in Schomberg's accusation that Heyst squeezed him dry and scared him off to Europe to die.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_se/chapters/part-ii-viii)

Referenced by Schomberg as a victim of Heyst's supposed swindling and murder.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_se/chapters/part-iii-iii)

Heyst recalls his encounter with Morrison in Timor, describing the tie he formed and the subsequent boredom.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_se/chapters/part-iii-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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_se/chapters/part-iii-v)

Mentioned in the context of the calumny that Heyst supposedly murdered him.

### [Chapter XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_se/chapters/part-iv-xi)

Morrison is referenced by Mr. Jones as Heyst's former partner, used to taunt Heyst.

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