This character watches a French vessel shell the coastline for no apparent reason.
This character mocks some rats for fleeing a recentlyÂ­refurbished ship that has "Do or Die" written on its stern. In a later scene, this character uses a technique called "delayed decoding" by Ian Watt to narrate the explosion of that ship, the Judea. This character watches a French vessel shell the coastline for no apparent reason. In a city called the "whited sepulchre," he meets a doctor who wants to measure his skull, then has tea with his (*) aunt, who has secured him a job as Fresleven's replacement. In his most notable appearance, this protagonist of the story "Youth" lies to the Intended to conceal that another character's last words were "the horror! the horror!" For 10 points, name this narrator who searches for Kurtz in Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. 
This character mocks some rats for fleeing a recentlyÂ­refurbished ship that has "Do or Die" written on its stern.
Charles Marlow [prompt on "Charles"]